Gender and Society in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema

by David William Foster

Book Overview

"Gender is an absolute ground zero for most human societies," writes David William Foster, "an absolute horizon of social subjectivity." In this book, he examines gender issues in thirteen Brazilian films made (with one exception) after the 1985 return to constitutional democracy and elimination of censorship to show how these issues arise from and comment on the sociohistorical reality of contemporary Brazilian society.

Foster organizes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292725108
• ISBN13: 9780292725102
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"