Film and Favelas: Space, Gender and Everyday Life

• 16 Mar 2011
• 16:00 – 17:30 U.K. - England - London
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Professor Lucia Sa University of Manchester

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Professor Lucia Nagib University of Leeds

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Abstract

The seminar will compare 21st-century depictions of Brazilian favelas, focusing specifically on Fernando Meirelles’s Cidade de Deus (2002) and Tata Amaral’s Antonia (2006). It will examine the treatment of space in both films, paying particular attention to how it relates to issues of gender and everyday life.

Biography

Lúcia Sá is Professor of Brazilian Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester. Her publications include Life in the Megalopolis: Mexico City and São Paulo (2007); Rainforest Literatures: Amazonian Texts and Latin American Cultures (2004); and various articles on Brazilian and Spanish American literature and film.