This thesis locates the corporeal, (homo)erotic, temporal, and transnational tensions that give shape to a spectral presence in the works of three Latin American Neo-Baroque …
Esta tese busca compreender a guerra cultural conservadora no Brasil contemporâneo, por meio de sua expressão na literatura e nos quadrinhos. Tendo o conceito gramsciano …
In this dissertation I examine the relationship between nature and city as it manifests in Brazilian short stories from the 1950s to the 1990s, particularly …
This thesis reconstructs the imaginary of China that motivated sectors of the Brazilian leftist opposition, particularly the Communist Party of Brazil (Partido Comunista do Brasil, …
This thesis will serves to analyze the significance of Marielle Franco’s death and its impact on political consciousness within Rio de Janeiro’s comunidades. It will …
This study interrogates how Brazilian cultural productions have examined the place of Muslims in Brazil’s national narrative, prioritizing the analysis of eleven texts published from …
Abstract of Navigating the Postslavery Public/Private Divide: Cordiality in Brazilian and Southern American Literature by Marcos Cerdeira, PhD., Brown University May 2019. This dissertation investigates …
This dissertation is a study of how imperial Brazil (1840-1889) shaped and was shaped by the history of international abolitionism. It traces the development of …
This study examines an extraordinary citizenship project that helped transform the meanings of rights and democracy in twentieth-century São Paulo. It tells the story of …
Brazil, while largely characterized as a deeply authoritarian society, has, since its democratization, managed to establish institutional channels of effective democratic participation. The success of …
Florianopolis, the island capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil, is home to endemic traditional music genres. Surrounding these genres are fraught areas of disagreement regarding traditions’ …
This project traces the development of television in Brazil, highlighting the transnational dimension of Cold War-era discourse on technology and morality, and their impact on …
My dissertation re-examines the role of literature in the nation building process of Brazil and Argentina via contemporary debates on the relationship between aesthetics and …
This dissertation is a study of the shifting definitions and political currency of nationalism in Brazil from 1955 through the end of the dictatorship (1964-1985). …
