{"product_id":"brazilian-science-fiction-film-alfredo-suppia-9798855800470","title":"Brazilian Science Fiction Film: A Critical History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book-length account of Brazilian science fiction cinema.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a pioneering critical history of Brazilian science fiction (SF) cinema, from its first appearances in the mid-twentieth century to the present. Though frequently overlooked by scholars, SF cinema from the Global South has reinvigorated the genre in recent decades. In this comprehensive study-the first of its kind in either English or Portuguese-Alfredo Suppia draws out the unique features and universal resonance of SF film in Brazil, a country that has fittingly been called \"the land of the future.\" In Suppia's analysis, Brazilian SF stems from and responds to a long history of inequality in which everyday reality has often resembled a movie-like dystopia. Analyzing both short and feature films in the context of social, political, and economic transformations, Suppia rethinks SF film in general from a southern perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfredo Suppia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798855800470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Alfredo Suppia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305615966463,"sku":"9798855800470","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4069154-d34d-4af1-8ba6-5f05d76dbf3e.jpg?v=1758831381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brazilian-science-fiction-film-alfredo-suppia-9798855800470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}