The people are the soul of the favela and the favela is the soul of Rio de Janeiro. Favelas
are everywhere, in every district. They are in the heart of the metropolis, in the periphery, in …

There is a difference between the fascination a telenovela exerts in Brazil and abroad. In
Brazil it is more popular because it is an open work, because it is unfinished. It is alive, the …

This volume examines some of the ways that Brazil has been represented and seeks to
represent itself in popular media. It looks at social inequalities, racial divisions, and legacies of …

This paper traces the evolution of the novela in both radio and television forms, and shows
how the Brazilian telenovela, while remaining faithful to the traditions of the genre, has …

In the 1960s, Brazil experienced profound changes, due mainly to the emergence of the
urban masses. At that time, political and cultural projects of a populist and nationalist nature …

After President Fernando Collor de Mello dismantled the state public enterprise - EMBRAFILME
- in 1990, Brazilian cinema virtually ceased to exist. Five years later Brazilian cinema …

Every evening, millions of viewers throughout Latin America tune in their television sets to
watch telenovelas. For more than thirty years now telenovelas have dominated primetime …

Latin American telenovelas began to be widely broadcast on African screens between the late
1970s and early 1980s, and today are among the most popular entertainment products on …

As part of a raft of neoliberal economic reforms in the early 1990s, Brazilian president Fernando
Collor de Mello and Argentine president Carlos Menem eliminated long-standing state …

With more than 250 million speakers globally, the Lusophone world has a rich history of
filmmaking. This edited volume explores the representation of the migratory experience in …