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Afro-Brazilians in Telenovelas

Social, Political, and Economic Realities
  • ISBN-13: 9781793644237
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
  • By Samantha Nogueira Joyce
  • Price: AUD $144.00
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  • Local release date: 02/06/2022
  • Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 116 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Media studies [JFD]
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In Afro-Brazilians in Mass Media: Social, Political, and Economic Realities, Samantha Nogueira Joyce examines representations of Blackness on Brazilian TV, interrogating the role of mass media in developing racial equality and social change. Nogueira Joyce challenges assumptions that place the inclusion of Afro-Brazilians in mass media as a step towards racial progress while contextualizing media representation with the social, political, and economic realities of the Brazilian society at large, thus linking media representations to progressive gains and conservative backlashes in the Brazilian public sphere. This book joins conversations with other works on multiculturalism, Blackness, and whiteness within media studies, critical race and ethnic studies, and Latin American studies. This multilayered approach combines textual analysis with studies of political and economic systems and digital media activism to carefully unravel Brazilian racial dynamics.
Samantha Nogueira Joyce is associate professor of global communication at Saint Mary's College of California.
Introduction: What (Racial) Democracy? Chapter 1: From Active to Active-ism Chapter 2: Her Body: From 'Baby Mamma' to 'Mammie' Chapter 3: His Body: Slaves, Bucks, Villains, and N*gg@s Chapter 4: Blackness Beyond Black Bodies: Candomble and Capoeira Conclusion
Samantha Nogueira Joyce offers another rich, readable, and insightful analysis of telenovela representations of Blackness in Brazil. The book advances an intersectional approach that not only illuminates how race and gender interconnect in media texts, but also highlights how online activism can lead to significant shifts in patterns of representation. This is a must-read to anyone interested in media and racial politics in Brazil. -- Mauro P. Porto, Tulane University Samantha Nogueira Joyce explores the complexities of race and racism in Brazilian telenovelas, highlighting the contextual forces that shape the currents of racism in Brazilian society in two points in time and two telenovelas. It is an insightful and well-crafted work that expands our understanding of media representations, racism, and telenovelas in Brazil. -- Antonio C. La Pastina, Texas A&M University
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