Brazil in the Northwest
Friday 22 June 2007
Centre for Latin American Cultural Studies
University of Manchester
Humanities Lime Grove A116
SEMINAR PROGRAMME
9:30 - Breakfast
10:00 - 11:30. New Readings on the 19th Century
The Emperor and I. Maria Graham’s travels in Brazil
Hilary Owen, University of Manchester
Problems of Machado de Assis’s Poetics
João Cezar de Castro Rocha, University of Manchester
The English Paradigm in Machado de Assis’s Novels and Criticism
Hélio Guimarães, Universidade de São Paulo / University of Manchester
11:30 - 13:00. Globalization and exclusion
The Favela’s Revenge – looking at cultural representations of the favela, from inside and outside
Claire Williams, University of Liverpool
Brazil and Globalization: leader or follower?
Fiona Macaulay, University of Bradford
Jorge Amado and Roberto da Matta: a Comparative Analysis of Female Mediation in Brazilian Society
Helen Williams, University of Manchester
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Brazilian Cinema on the Fringes
Race, Music and Identity in the Chanchada
Lisa Shaw, University of Liverpool
Sex and the Generals: Reading Pornochanchada as Sexploitation
Stephanie Dennison, University of Leeds
Terror Tropical
Daniel Serravalle de Sá, University of Manchester
15:30 - 16:30 Urban Culture at the Millennium
On Cazuza
Mark Sabine, University of Nottingham
Trespassers and squatters: class anxiety in recent Brazilian cinema
Lúcia Sá, University of Manchester
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