Portuguese Film, 1930-1960: The Staging of the New State Regime (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements Introduction: Cinema in the New State 1. Propaganda in the New State: The May Revolution (A Revolucao de Maio) 1.1. Propaganda in Portuguese Cinema 1.2. Salazar's Truth as Ideology 1.3. The Primacy of Art: Antonio Ferro's Politics of the Spirit 1.4. The Staging of the Leader 2. Poets on the Silver Screen: Bocage, Camoes, and the Heroes of the Regime 2.1. Literature and Film in the Politics of the Spirit 2.2. The Heroes of the New State 2.3. Against Political Inconstancy: The Hero as a Serious Man 3. Rural Life in Cinema: In Defense of a Natural Society 2.1. Regional and Folkloric Films 2.2. A Natural Cinema 2.3. The Countryside and the City 2.4. Capitalism, Communism, Corporatism 4. The Miracle of Salazarism: Fatima, Land of Faith (Fatima, Terra de Fe) 4.1. Fatima in the New State 4.2. Reason, Faith and Politics in Film 4.3. Balancing Reason and Religion 4.4. Beyond Reason and Faith: The Danger of Nihilism 5. Gender Stereotypes in New State Cinema 5.1. Women in New State Films 5.2. Singing as a Transgression 5.3. Fado, Fatalism and the Portuguese Femme Fatale 6. The Empire as Fetish: Spell of the Empire (Feitico do Imperio) 6.1. Portugal and its Colonies 6.2. The Magic of Africa 6.3. The Empire as a Fetish 6.4. Spell of the Empire and Colonial Propaganda 7. The Spirit of the Empire in Chaimite 7.1. Spirituality and Materiality in Salazarism 7.2. The Spirit of Portuguese Colonization 7.3. The Politics of the Spirit in Chaimite Epilogue: New State Cinema Today Bibliography Index