Brazilian Studies

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

by Hudson Moura

Great Directors - Senses of Cinema issue 60

Profile of Brazilian filmmaker Nelson Pereira dos Santos Profile of Brazilian filmmaker Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Brazil as a Global Power: Rising or Risen?

by David Mauro

Draft Only

Between unity and diversity: historical and cultural foundations of Brazilian management (Islam, 2012)

by Gazi Islam

Affirmative Action in Brazil

by Gazi Islam

Objective and Subjective Indicators of Happiness In Brazil: The Mediating Role of Social Class

by Gazi Islam

Affirmative Action in Brazil

by Gazi Islam

Can the subaltern eat? Anthropophagic culture as a Brazilian lens on post-colonial theory

by Gazi Islam

Hemispheric Strangers:Despite many similiraties between Canada and Brazil their relationship has a long way to go

by Lorna Jean Edmonds

Co-authored with H.E.(Ted) Hewitt, Literary Review of Canada

Internet use in Brazil: speeding up or lagging behind?

by Suely Fragoso

with Gilda Olinto

The evolution of internet access and use in Brazil in the direction of social inclusiveness and to guarantee uses that... more The evolution of internet access and use in Brazil in the direction of social inclusiveness and to guarantee uses that promote individual and community development is the focus of the present paper. Previous evidence on the subject initially presented indicates the prevalence of contrasting aspects: some outstanding positive initiatives and results towards democratization of the internet, as well as the maintenance of great digital inequalities. New evidence on the evolution of internet access and use is also discussed herein, based on analyses of longitudinal data obtained from the Brazilian Census Bureau’s Annual Survey (IBGE/PNAD, 2005, 2008). After describing aspects of increase in access to the internet, we focus on the evolution of different types of everyday life internet uses, particularly those that might contribute to individual and community development. How accesses and uses are gradually incorporating the less privileged sectors of the Brazilian adult population is also considered in the analyses. The results obtained reinforce the previous contrasting evidences: outstanding growth in access and in diversified uses are observed - suggesting intensive appropriation of internet technology and resources by the population - as well as the persistence of great inequalities. These circumstances indicate that the digital divide in Brazil is still a great challenge to be faced through comprehensive and long-term policies and initiatives.

La televisión como mediador cultural: el caso de las telenovelas brasileñas

by Thomas Tufte

Tufte, Thomas. La televisión como mediador cultural: el caso de las telenovelas brasileñas. In: Identidades Culturais - Latino Americanas em tempo de comunicacao global. Ed. José Marques de Melo. pp. 55-65. Sao paolo. 1996

Olive Drab in Black and White: The Brazilian Expeditionary Force, the US Army and Racial National Identity

by Uri Rosenheck

Paper delivered at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Toronto, October 8, 2010

When the Brazilian Expeditionary Force arrived in Italy to fight alongside the Allies in WWII, its members were... more When the Brazilian Expeditionary Force arrived in Italy to fight alongside the Allies in WWII, its members were introduced to the racially segregated US Army. Based on diaries, trench journals, newspapers, and memoirs, this paper explores the ways in which Brazilians of diverse origins, rather than ideology producing elites, projected their own national perceptions on race relations. Their representations, however, were not uniform. Rather, they offered an array of alternative racial national identities varying from all-white troops to zealous support of their “Racial Democracy.” Civil rights activists in the US used these images to condemn racial segregation while some Brazilians criticized the Brazilian Army’s hypocrisy and racism.

Genealogies of destruction: an archaeology of the contemporary past in the Amazon forest

by Alfredo González-Ruibal

Co-authored with Almudena Hernando.
Published in Archaeologies. Journal of the World Archaeological Congress 6(1): 5-28. 2010.

In this article we look at the destruction of the Amazon forest through an archaeological lens. We describe the... more In this article we look at the destruction of the Amazon forest through an archaeological lens. We describe the devastation brought about by illegal loggers and ranchers to the last remaining old-growth forests of Maranhão (NE Brazil), where the Awá hunter-gatherers live. We argue that archaeology can provide an alternative and more critical look at global consumerism by manifesting the crude materiality and abject
violence that lurks behind the goods consumed in the West. We followed the tracks of a group of loggers deep inside the forest and report what we saw.

Kilombos, sim senhor

by Patricia Schor

Published in website, March 7 2012

Review of film Kilombos, about the communities of slave descendents in Brazil, their history and changing traditions -... more Review of film Kilombos, about the communities of slave descendents in Brazil, their history and changing traditions - filmed in Brazil and Guinea Bissau.

A seleção brasileira vai à guerra: consumo, trabalho, nação na publicidade da Copa do Mundo de 2010

by Vander Casaqui

Title:
The brazilian team goes to war: consumption, work, the nation in 2010 World Cup advertising
more Title:
The brazilian team goes to war: consumption, work, the nation in 2010 World Cup advertising

Abstract:
This article examines the discourses raised about the national soccer team during the 2010 World Cup. Our main focus are the advertisements of Brahma beer, official sponsor of the Brazilian team, which nurtured the concept of a “warrior team”, identified in narratives about the team itself, at the intersections between the sport, consumption, nationalistic discourses and the world of work.

“Intimacy in the verbal expression of Rio de Janeiro”,

by Tom Moore

Gotham Translator, May-June 2004, 9-10;  in PLData [quarterly newsletter of the Portuguese Language Division of the ATA], vol. 13, no. 2 (June 2004), 11-16.

“Nautical Imagery in Everyday Portuguese."

by Tom Moore

The Gotham Translator, March-April 2007, pp. 14-15.

“Food and Life: Metaphors from Kitchen and Table in Brazil"

by Tom Moore

PLData [quarterly newsletter of the Portuguese Language Division of the ATA], Vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct. 2006), p. 8-9.

Arlequimia mariodeandradeana

by Ricardo Postal

Estratégias de Comunicação Política Online: Uma Análise do Perfil de José Serra no Twitter / Political Campaigns and Online Strategies: The case of the 2010 Brazilian Elections

by Francisco Paulo Jamil Marques

Co-authored with Fernando Wisse and Nina Matos. Published in Revista Contemporanea. vol.09 – n.03 – setembro-dezembro 2011.

Title in English: Political Campaigns and Online Strategies:
The case of the 2010 Brazilian Elections. Text in... more Title in English: Political Campaigns and Online Strategies:
The case of the 2010 Brazilian Elections. Text in Portuguese. Abstract in English: This article examines some of the main changes that Brazilian elections have faced thanks to the new media. More specifically, it studies how the candidate José Serra (PSDB, Brazilian Social Democracy Party) used Twitter over the 2010 presidential race. The text analyzes the new behaviors perceived once the digital media play an important role in getting votes. Are there new methods to run political campaigns? Or indeed one sees the continuity in the ways to reach voters? The study investigates the messages (tweets) posted by José Serra (@ joseserra_) during the 15 days before the 2nd round of presidential elections (17 to October 31, 2010). The empirical sample is based on the 221 messages posted by the candidate in the chosen period of time. On the one hand, we can say that the use of Twitter becomes important (a) to promote the public image of Serra; (b) to build a network with thousands of users willing to support him; and (c) to stimulate informal styles of interaction. On the other hand, it becomes evident that electoral strategies, even on Twitter, remain constrained by traditional conceptions of political marketing. KEYWORDS: Democracy. Elections. Internet. Online Campaigns. Twitter.

Análise Iconográfica do Trabalho Escravo No Brasil a Partir de uma Pintura de Debret

by Teresa Cruz

Journal: PerCursos (2006), Vol. 7, No. 2

Jean Baptiste Debret, the famous French artist, documented the daily life in Brazil during the 19th century in his... more Jean Baptiste Debret, the famous French artist, documented the daily life in Brazil during the 19th century in his numerous paintings. These images of colonial and imperial Brazil are commonly used as illustrations in history textbooks. This article analyzes the work of black slaves in Brazil from a pedagogical perspective contextualized within Brazilian history using one of Debret’s paintings. The article also addresses the painting’s use by scholars in history books. The analysis reveals clear social relations of domination and submission between the owner and slave in Debret’s painting. These relations are demonstrated through the expressive form of the corporal posture. There is, however, the propagation of a stereotypical view of black slaves in Brazil.

Keywords: The Work of Slaves. Corporal Posture. Domination and Submission. Slavery in Brazil. Debret.