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Film, Video States of Grace: Utopia in Brazilian Culture

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Title

  • States of Grace: Utopia in Brazilian Culture

Summary

  • This talk approaches the study of Brazilian culture through the lens of utopianism. The conversation explored the religious and political writings, journalistic texts, sociological studies and literature that portrary Brazil as a utopian "land of the future," where dreams of a coming messianic age and of social and political emancipation would come true.

Event Date

  • October 09, 2018

Notes

  • -  Patricia Vieira is a social professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown University.
  • -  Thayse Lina teaches in the department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland.

Running Time

  • 1 hours 2 minutes 10 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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States of Grace: Utopia in Brazilian Culture. 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8571/>.