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

Author/Contributor(s):	Tota, Antonio Pedro
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Date:	08/01/2009
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.