Representations of Afro-Brazilian culture and its stereotypes on TV Tupi news programs (1952-1969)

• Grant number: 24/11132-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2024
• End date: July 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Tania da Costa Garcia
• Grantee: Giullia de Souza Gualberto Leite
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (FCHS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Franca. Franca , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/06032-0 - Audio-visual, history and preservation: the role of the Brazilian cinema and television newsreels in the construction of the memory (1946-1974), AP.TEM

Abstract

The production and dissemination of images in cinema and television under the label "popular culture" or "folklore" has, as a rule, eclipsed the African origins of such manifestations. During almost the entire 20th century, at different moments in national history, elements from this universe were mobilized as popular culture by hegemonic or counter-hegemonic groups, representing different projects in Brazil. The mapping of this audiovisual material will serve as a basis for the analysis of identity stereotypes of Afro-Brazilian culture, produced and broadcast by TV Tupi in its news programs, before and after the 1964 coup.