Amcio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil After Cinema Novo [Hardcover]

Am?cio Mazzaropi's work is a unique instance in Brazilian culture - as an artist not connected with the subsidized film industry, he developed a singular voice and represents a segment of the population usually either ignored or viewed with contempt by the established, experimental filmmakers.Between a Cow and a Truck: Transformation in Mazzaropi's First Films The Divided Self: Defining Brazil in Race, Language, and Origin I Believe in Everything: Religion, Mysticism, God, the Devil, and a White Mare History, Resistance, Comedy On Accordions, Kisses, and Foot Odor: The Gendered and the Cosmic Body in Mazzaropi's Films

Buenos writing style runs smoothly. Its languageis clear, accessible and devoid of academic jargon, even though this book canbe an excellent source for courses on the study of Latin Americas 20th centurycinema. Bueno has done a thorough and laudable investigation of Mazzaropislegacy within a vast spectrum of Brazils social landscape. & Amacio Mazzaropiin the Film and Culture of Brazil targets students and scholars devoted toBrazilian civilization, cinema at large, and gender studies. (D?rio Borim Jr.,Luso-Brazilian Review, Vol. 52 (2), December, 2015)

Without diminishing the importance of the Cinema Novo movement, Bueno's study is very much committed to the proposition that of equal importance are alternative film projects in Brazil. She argues that there is a fundamental ideological problem involved in seeing Brazilian filmmaking of the 1940-65 period only in terms of what may or may not have attracted international attention. Hers is the first monograph-length study of Am?cio Mazzaropi, his important films, and the social and cultural parameters they involve, parameters that provide an important index to popular culture in Brazil at the time, particularly as it relates to S?o Paulo and changing patterns of urban constituencies. - David William Foster, Regents' Professor of Spanish and Women and Gender Studies, UniverlóX