{"product_id":"neo-authoritarian-masculinity-in-brazilian-crime-film","title":"Neo-Authoritarian Masculinity in Brazilian Crime Film","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.\u003cp\u003eLehnen examines the integral role of masculinity in several archetypal crime films, most of which foreground urban violence, including \u003ci\u003eCidade de Deus, Quase Dois Irmãos, Tropa de Elite, O Homem do Ano\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eO Doutrinador\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262863462744,"sku":"9781683402541","price":76.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781683402541.jpg?v=1777811424","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/neo-authoritarian-masculinity-in-brazilian-crime-film","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}