Unit information: Brazilian Cinema in 2008/09

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Unit name Brazilian Cinema
Unit code HISP30077
Credit points 20
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Dr. Leu
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This course will focus on some key moments in the history of Brazilian cinema and the ways in which film has sought to articulate important aspects and concerns of Brazilian society since the 1950s. Key themes include: cinema and urban and rural popular culture; social protest; national identity; modernity; race; violence and social exclusion.

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