Favela's imagery: representations on Brazilian recent cinema

• Grant number: 12/10912-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2012
• End date: March 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Cinema
• Principal Investigator: Fabio Nauras Akhras
• Grantee: Adriane Bagdonas Henrique
• Host Institution: Instituto de Artes (IA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to explore the relationship between cinema and the different representations of the social reality in Brazilians "favelas" , which are socially and culturally constructed, through fictional and documentary films produced during the "Cinema da Retomada" (Cinema of the Retaken).The decision about this specific mean of communication to be studied is related to its social uses as the cinema is a cultural production, it can be considered a different view through which we can better analyze the society, since it is constitutive of social reality, producing meanings, values and propositions expressed through their own construction. Therefore, it is particularly interesting to understand how films propose discussions about the symbolic place that the "favela" acquires in the audiovisual universe and in the present social dynamics ,which are placed before the ethical, aesthetic and political implications of the representation.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

HENRIQUE, Adriane Bagdonas. Favela images: representations in the recent Brazilian documentary. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes Campinas, SP.