Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. chapter 1 Edenic and Cannibal Encounters 9
6. chapter 2 Paradise (Re)Gained: Dutch Representations of Brazil and Nativist Imagery 63
7. chapter 3 Regal Brazil 106
8. chapter 4 The Foundations of a National Literary Imaginary 132
9. chapter 5 Modernist Brazil 200
10. chapter 6 Good Neighbor Brazil 225
11. chapter 7 From Revolutionary to Dystopian Brazil on Screen 250
12. Epilogue: Land of the Future 290
13. Notes 315
14. Bibliography 351
15. Index 371