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Seduction of Brazil: The Americanization of Brazil During World War II

ISBN: 9780292723528

Contributors: Tota, Antonio Pedro (Author)
Ellis, Lorena B (Translator)
Greenberg, Daniel J (Introduction by)

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2009

Binding: Paperback (Readerbound Available)

Retail: $25.00

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Description

A fascinating study of how the Roosevelt administration used mass media, including films by such luminaries as John Ford, Walt Disney, and Orson Wells, to promote the American way of life to Brazilians and how Brazilians actively interpreted, negotiated, and reconfigured this effort at cultural seduction.

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