The Brazilian Remake of the Orpheus Legend: Film Theory and the Aesthetic Dimension

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 49-69

  Dos Santos, Myrian Sepúlveda ^a  

^a Levy Economics Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian cinema; cultural politics; film theory; media

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247439637     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02632764030204004     Document Type: Article

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