Thisvolume examines some of the ways that Brazil has been represented and seeks to represent itself in popular media. It looks at social inequalities, racial divisions, and legacies of political restructuring as it illuminates the challenges and opportunities that the nation faces at present and going into preparations for and recovery from the upcoming mega events, both the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Drawing on the expertise of scholars in the fields of film and media studies, political science, social movement analysis, and cultural studies this volume features chapters examining the role of stereotyped Brazilian identity and myths of what it means to be Brazilian, the growing interest infavelaslumculture, andsites of resistance in contemporary Brazilian society.

Naomi Pueo Wood is assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Re-Staging Brazil: 21st Century Inquiries by Naomi Pueo WoodSection I: 21st Century Brazilian Myths: Representations of the NationChapter 2: How to Be a Good Brazilian: The Image of Brazil in Contemporary American Cinema by Gabriela AntunesChapter 3: Constructing a New National Myth in Contemporary Brazilian Film by Carolina RochaSection II: Internal Contradictions: New Brazilian Cinema, Documentary Film, and TelenovelasChapter 4: Confinement and Violence in the Streets of New Brazilian Cinema by Aline FreyChapter 5: A Cosmética da Fome: The Staging of Poverty in Recent Arts-Focused Documentary Film by Naomi Pueo WoodChapter 6: Centering the Margins: The Modern Favela in the Brazilian Telenovela by Cacilda RêgoSection III: Combating Social InequalitiesChapter 7: Brazil at a Socio-Cinematic Crossroads: State Intervention on Screen by Mercedes VázquezChapter 8: Offline Dimensions of Online Favela Youth Reactions to Human Rights Violations before the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by Leonardo CustódioChapter 9: The MST and its Educational Program on the World Stage by Anthony PahnkeChapter 10: Conclusion: Gingando e Jogando o Jeito Brasileiro: Playing Brazil by Naomi Pueo Wood