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| Author(s): |
Carolinne Mendes da Silva
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2013-08-19 |
| Examining board members: |
Mauricio Cardoso;
Francisco Cabral Alambert Junior;
Ismail Norberto Xavier
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| Advisor: | Mauricio Cardoso |
| Abstract | |
This work discuss the representation of black Brazilians in two films: Rio, Zona Norte (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1957) and A Grande Cidade (Carlos Diegues, 1966). The objective is to understand how these filmic narratives define the place of black characters and combine social relations in dramatic structure. In both, the presence of black characters in urban areas of Rio de Janeiro is a element of the narrative and reveals the will of the directors to discuss the theme race in the context of the debate about Brazilian culture, especially the popular culture. We demonstrate that the racial problem is present in the films cited, though it isnt couched in verbal discourse. Thus, in each of them, the black representation is linked to a representation of popular, differently. In Rio, Zona Norte, the incorporation of the black already shows tensions in the reflection on the national popular engagement. In A Grande Cidade these tensions are exacerbated in a reflection on the crisis of that engagement. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/04509-7 - Black in Brazilian cinema: a film analysis of Rio, Zona Norte (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1957) and A Grande Cidade (Carlos Diegues, 1966). |
| Grantee: | Carolinne Mendes da Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |