Cannibalizing the colony : cinematic adaptations of colonial literature in Mexico and Brazil /
Gordon, Richard A.(Richard Allen),1969-
West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.
Re-creating Caminha : the earnest adaptation of Brazil's letter of discovery in Descobrimento do Brazil (1937) -- Exoticizing the nation in Cabeza de Vaca (1991) Como era gostoso o meu francês (1971) -- Reimagining Guadalupe in Nuevo mundo (1976) La otra conquista (1998) -- Sor Juana Inés de Ia Cruz and the retooling of a national icon in Ave María (1999) -- Inverted captivities and imagined adaptations in Brava Gente Brasileira (2000) Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil (2001) -- Epilogue : The unwieldy dynamics of anthropophagous adaptations.
Historical films
Historical films
Mexican fiction
Brazilian fiction