Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Writers, film, and the new visual landscape of Rio de Janeiro. Documenting new urban experiences: the cinematic work of the Crônica -- Comic visions of the new city: writers and film production during the Belle Époque of Brazilian cinema -- Writers, film, and alternative visions of Rio de Janeiro. Envisioning a new political landscape: Martin Fontes's anarchist flirtation with film -- Women, Rio's modernity, and film's visual pleasures: Benjamin Costallat's Mademoiselle Cinema -- Conclusion. Reviving the lettered city.
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