Neo-Authoritarian Masculinity in Brazilian Crime Film

Name: Neo-Authoritarian Masculinity in Brazilian Crime Film
Brand: University of Florida Press
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By Jeremy Lehnen

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Analyzing how masculinity is portrayed in Brazilian crime film, connecting movie messages to twenty-first-century issues 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. A volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 268
Release Date:: 2025-04-15
Publication Date:: 2025-04-15
Publisher:: University of Florida Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1683405439
ISBN13:: 9781683405436
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 386 g
Height:: 150 cm
Width:: 225 cm
Thickness:: 16 cm

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