Synopses & Reviews
The Brazilian Road Movie explores some of the key trends and films in the development of the road movie in Brazil. A collection of essays by distinguished scholars, covering a broad range of case studies, this text spans Brazilian film production from the silent era to the present day. Contributors examine such issues as the reworking of the genre in a Brazilian context and the relationships between documentary and fiction; history, politics, and cinema; gender and race; the wilderness and the urban space; and the national and the transnational. As a whole, the volume sheds light on the significance of the journey and the experience of life on the road as represented in Brazilian cinema.
Review
“This valuable addition to the existing bibliography in English on Brazilian cinema takes a fresh perspective by exploring how the road movie genre, intimately associated with Hollywood film, has been adapted and reworked by Brazilian filmmakers. Its strength lies in the diversity of works analyzed and the variety of approaches adopted by a range of both established and up-and-coming scholars.” Choice
Review
“Brandellero succeeds in showcasing the notable range of road narratives in Brazilian cinema, from the silent era to the contemporary period. . . . All essays are clearly organized, well researched, and written in readable prose. . . . Recommended.” D. West, University of Idaho
About the Author
Sara Brandellero is a lecturer in Brazilian studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Her numerous publications include On a Knife-Edge: The Poetry of João Cabral de Melo Neto.
Table of Contents
Series Editors’ Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part I: On the Road
Chapter 1: Silvino Santos and the Mobile View: Documentary Geographies of Modern Brazil
Luciana Martins
Chapter 2: Paths of Brazilian Road Movies in the 1950s
Samuel Paiva
Chapter 3: Bye bye Brasil and the Quest for the Nation
Sara Brandellero
Chapter 4: Framing Landscapes: the Return Journey in Suely in the Sky
Mariana A. C. da Cunha
Chapter 5: Road to Riches: Migration and Social Mobility in 2 filhos de Francisco
Tatiana Signorelli Heise
Chapter 6: God is Brazilian: a Re-Examination of Cinema Novo and Self
Adriana Rouanet
Part II: The Voyage Out
Chapter 7: Leaving Home in Three Films by Walter Salles
Darlene J. Sadlier
Chapter 8: Back to the Margins in Search of the Core: Foreign Land’s Geography of Exclusion
Lúcia Nagrib
Chapter 9: Sertão as Post-National Landscape: Cinema, aspirinas e urubus
Stephanie Dennison
Chapter 10: Women on the Road: Sexual Tourism and Beyond
João Luiz Vieira
Index