"Realismo" e subalternidade na narrativa brasileira contemporânea: o caso de Tropa de elite

This article discusses the polemic Brazilian movie Elite squad. To understand the power games behind the movie and its reception, it is important to contextualize Elite squad in the contemporary Hollywood production, in a hypothetical Brazilian Realism tradition and in the cinematographic and litera...

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Main Author: Vinícius Gonçalves Carneiro
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade de Brasília 2013-01-01
Series:Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea
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Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=323127374010
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Summary:This article discusses the polemic Brazilian movie Elite squad. To understand the power games behind the movie and its reception, it is important to contextualize Elite squad in the contemporary Hollywood production, in a hypothetical Brazilian Realism tradition and in the cinematographic and literary representation of the subaltern. After that, using Bakhtin’s dialogism, it will be possible to analyze how some characters, such as the woman, the poor and subordinate, are oppressed by Captain Nascimento.
ISSN:1518-0158
2316-4018