In this book, Eli Carter explores the ways in which the movement away from historically popular telenovelas toward new television and internet series is creating dramatic shifts in how Brazil imagines itself as a nation, especially within the context of an increasingly connected global mediascape. For more than half a century, South America's largest over-the-air network, TV Globo, produced long-form melodramatic serials that cultivated the notion of the urban, upper-middle-class white Brazilian. Carter looks at how the expansion of internet access, the popularity of web series, the rise of independent production companies, and new legislation not only challenged TV Globo's market domination but also began to change the face of Brazil's growing audiovisual landscape. Combining sociohistorical, economic, and legal contextualization with close readings of audiovisual productions, Carter argues that a fragmented media has opened the door to new voices and narratives that represent a more diverse Brazilian identity. A volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez

Formato	Tapa dura
Número de Páginas	226
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	University of Florida Press
Fecha de Publicación	2020-06-16
Dimensiones	9.0" x 6.0" x 0.63" pulgadas
Serie	Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/O America
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Temas	América Latina, América Latina

Carter, Eli Lee

Eli Lee Carter, associate professor of Brazilian literature, film, and television at the University of Virginia, is the author of Reimagining Brazilian Television: Luiz Fernando Carvalho's Contemporary Vision.