{"product_id":"neo-authoritarian-masculinity-in-brazilian-crime-jeremy-lehnen-9781683402541","title":"Neo-Authoritarian Masculinity in Brazilian Crime Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn incisive analysis of contemporary crime film in Brazil, this book focuses on how movies in this genre represent masculinity and how their messages connect to twenty-first-century sociopolitical issues. Jeremy Lehnen argues that these films promote an agenda in support of the nation's recent swing toward authoritarianism that culminated in the 2018 election of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\u003cp\u003eLehnen examines the integral role of masculinity in several archetypal crime films, most of which foreground urban violence, including \u003ci\u003eCidade de Deus, Quase Dois Irm縊s, Tropa de Elite, O Homem do Ano\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eO Doutrinador\u003c\/i\u003e. Within these films, Lehnen finds representations that criminalize the poor, marginalized male; emasculate the civilian middle-class male intellectual, casting him as unable to respond to crime; and portray state security as the only power able to stem increasing crime rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on insights from masculinity studies, Lehnen contends that Brazilian crime films are ideologically charged mediums that assert and normalize the presence of the neo-authoritarian male within society. This book demonstrates how gendered scripts can become widely accepted by audiences and contribute to very real power structures beyond the sphere of cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin\/o America, edited by H馗tor Fern疣dez L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodr?uez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Lehnen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683402545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683402541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023","brand":"Jeremy Lehnen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43993030656255,"sku":"9781683402541","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53354bcc-8dc7-40d7-9856-f6ec61afe8fa.jpg?v=1683322138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/neo-authoritarian-masculinity-in-brazilian-crime-jeremy-lehnen-9781683402541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}