Easterly Wind

Luso-Orientalisms in Portuguese Dictatorship Films

von Maria do Carmo Piçarra

164 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The filmography representing the ‘Portuguese Orient’ during the Estado Novo (1933–1974) is scarce and late, employing a simplified Luso- tropicalist rhetoric that repeatedly actualises the myth of a vast, long-lost, territory. This book examines the impact of cinematographic representations of the former Portuguese territories in the Orient on socio-cultural memories and narrative identities, through a critical exhumation of the archives and analysis of existing filmography. The analysis reveals that films of the ‘Portuguese Orient’ depict this imagined community with a certain degree of vagueness. This is largely a consequence of the prolonged disintegration of the metropolis’ relationship with this imagined community, a relationship that was mainly based on projections (about their alleged Portuguese identity) and ruins.

• Reihe: Reconfiguring Identities in the Portuguese-Speaking World
• Themen: Kunst Darstellende Künste Film, Kino Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik
• ISBN: 9781803744025
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2025
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers