Author : Antônio Márcio da Silva
Release : 2014-05-01
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The “Femme” Fatale in Brazilian Cinema by : Antônio Márcio da Silva
Download or read book The “Femme” Fatale in Brazilian Cinema written by Antônio Márcio da Silva. This book was released on 2014-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In film, the femme fatale has long been constructed as a beautiful heterosexual Caucasian woman. Da Silva shows the need to incorporate diverse ethnic groups and male homosexuals into the range of "femmes" fatales and examines how the Brazilian representations cross gender, race, and class and offer alternatives to the dominant Hollywood model.