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Tim Bergfelder (Ed.) - Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema - 9781785332982 - V9781785332982
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Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema

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Description for Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema Hardback. The richness of Brazilian stardom extends well beyond the ubiquitous Carmen Miranda, and among the studies assembled in this volume are fascinating explorations of figures alongside interrogations of the inner workings of the star system in Brazil. Editor(s): Bergfelder, Tim; Shaw, Lisa; Viera, Joao Luiz. Num Pages: 334 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; APFA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Despite the recent explosion of scholarly interest in star studies, Brazilian film has received comparatively little attention. As this volume demonstrates, however, the richness of Brazilian stardom extends well beyond the ubiquitous Carmen Miranda. Among the studies assembled here are fascinating explorations of figures such as Eliane Lage (the star attraction of Sao Paulo's Vera Cruz studios), cult horror movie auteur Coffin Joe, and Lazaro Ramos, the most visible Afro-Brazilian actor today. At the same time, contributors interrogate the inner workings of the star system in Brazil, from the pioneering efforts of silent-era actresses to the recent advent of the non-professional movie star.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785332982
SKU
V9781785332982
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About Tim Bergfelder (Ed.)
Tim Bergfelder is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Southampton. He is one of the editors of the journal Screen, an editorial advisory board member for Transnational Cinemas and Cinema&Cie, and a co-editor of Berghahn's 'Film Europa' series. His publications include Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination: Set Design in 1930s European Cinema (2007) and Destination London: German-Speaking Emigres and British Cinema, 1925-1950 (2008). Lisa Shaw is Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. She is author of The Social History of the Brazilian Samba (1999) and Carmen Miranda (2013). She is currently completing a monograph entitled Tropical Travels: Brazilian Popular Performance, 'Race' and Transnational Encounters, 1880s-1950s, for which she was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship. Joao Luiz Vieira is Professor of Film and Video at the Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro. He has a doctorate in Cinema Studies from New York University and has held fellowships at the University of New Mexico the University of Iowa. Among his publications are Cinema Novo and Beyond (1998) and Camera-faca: o cinema de Sergio Bianchi (2004).

Reviews for Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema
The strength and originality of this tightly edited volume lie in its historical perspective and comprehensiveness. Each chapter works well on its own, but also forms part of a larger design, and the editors have done an excellent job in mapping the terrain of stardom in Brazil over a century. I know of no other volume, focused on the cinemas of Latin America, that attempts the same chronological range, from early cinema to the present day.
John King, University of Warwick

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