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Neo-Authoritarian Masculinity in Brazilian Crime Film

Jeremy Lehnen
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Brazil
Brazilian crime films
Brazilian Culture
Brazilian History
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Cidade de Deus
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Crime Films
crime genre
culture
democracy
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far right
Film History
gender studies
Jair Bolsonaro
Lower Class
Male Representation
masculine aesthetics
Masculinity
middle class
neo-authoritarianism
O Doutrinador
O Homen do Ano
Political Power Structure
Quase Dois Irmaos
Race
social hierarchy
Sociopolitical Issues
The 1988 Citizen Constitution
Tropa de Elite

Product details

  • ISBN 9781683402541
  • Weight: 540g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Feb 2022
  • Publisher: University Press of Florida
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description
An incisive analysis of contemporary crime film in Brazil, this book focuses on how movies in this genre represent masculinity and how their messages connect to twenty-first-century sociopolitical issues. Jeremy Lehnen argues that these films promote an agenda in support of the nation's recent swing toward authoritarianism that culminated in the 2018 election of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.

Lehnen examines the integral role of masculinity in several archetypal crime films, most of which foreground urban violence, including Cidade de Deus, Quase Dois Irmãos, Tropa de Elite, O Homem do Ano, and O Doutrinador. Within these films, Lehnen finds representations that criminalize the poor, marginalized male; emasculate the civilian middle-class male intellectual, casting him as unable to respond to crime; and portray state security as the only power able to stem increasing crime rates.

Drawing on insights from masculinity studies, Lehnen contends that Brazilian crime films are ideologically charged mediums that assert and normalize the presence of the neo-authoritarian male within society. This book demonstrates how gendered scripts can become widely accepted by audiences and contribute to very real power structures beyond the sphere of cinema.
About Jeremy Lehnen
Jeremy Lehnen is visiting associate professor of gender studies and Portuguese and Brazilian studies at Brown University.

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