Brazilian Science Fiction Film (eBook)

A Critical History

Alfredo Suppia (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
393 Seiten
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
979-8-8558-0049-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The first book-length account of Brazilian science fiction cinema.This book offers a pioneering critical history of Brazilian science fiction (SF) cinema, from its first appearances in the mid-twentieth century to the present. Though frequently overlooked by scholars, SF cinema from the Global South has reinvigorated the genre in recent decades. In this comprehensive study-the first of its kind in either English or Portuguese-Alfredo Suppia draws out the unique features and universal resonance of SF film in Brazil, a country that has fittingly been called "e;the land of the future."e; In Suppia's analysis, Brazilian SF stems from and responds to a long history of inequality in which everyday reality has often resembled a movie-like dystopia. Analyzing both short and feature films in the context of social, political, and economic transformations, Suppia rethinks SF film in general from a southern perspective.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2024
• Reihe/Serie: SUNY series in Latin American Cinema
• Reihe/Serie: SUNY series in Latin American Cinema
• Zusatzinfo: 14 b&w photos, 6 figures
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: science fiction films, Brazil, Motion pictures, Comedy and Satire, Early 1960s, Military Hardliners, Spiritist Films, Political Films, Queer Sci-Fi
• ISBN-13: 979-8-8558-0049-4 / 9798855800494