Brazilian Culture and Society

Brazil ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riordan Roett
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Passionate Commitment ◽  
Soccer Team ◽  
Bossa Nova ◽  
Brazilian Culture

Brazil has a vibrant national culture. It ranges from the passionate commitment of the average Brazilian to “their” soccer team to the bossa nova, an imaginative film industry, and Carnival. These colorful and fascinating aspects of life in Brazil are as important as government changes,...

Modern domestic cinema and the legacy of shaken Aimanov

Keruen ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (69) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.S. Jumadilov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
National Cinema ◽  
Soviet State ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet state of post-Soviet autonomous republics turned out to be the ideology for which cinematographers and screenwriters have to make a film epic of epoch - national cinema. In this article, the author can only use the ever-present cinematography, the unmerciful nationalistic culture, the ideological orientation of the film industry, the uniqueness or national identity. It's a good idea to have a world-renowned artisan who is doing all the same, seeking internationalization and gloss? Another - cinematic and astrophysical art of Shaken Aimanov, whose works live in volumes or polls, and others. For many years, many changes have taken place in the national cinema, such as national culture, a national emblem of national culture. For the first time in the history of national cinema, national cinema and the world of cinema, the future and future films have been transformed into a lot of changes. The Concept of distinguished singer Shaken Aimanova is embodied in the volume, which, unlike the researchers and artists all over the world of cinema Shaken Aimnayev, the director of which, as long as he is a filmmaker, creates a film studio as part of national culture.

Internationalization of Business in Emerging Countries and National Culture

2014 ◽  
pp. 514-561
Author(s):  
Fabrício Fernando Foganhole dos Santos ◽  
Irene Kazumi Miura
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Administrative Practices ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Banking Institution ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Brazilian Culture ◽  
Business Challenges

This chapter provides a framework for understanding the business challenges facing Brazilian companies. Based on the symbolic school of interpretive anthropology, two lines of ethnographic research were conducted on a Brazilian banking institution to identify, connect, and analyze the characteristic traits of Brazilian culture and their impact on organizational culture and administrative practices. The characteristic traits of the national culture are present in the ideals of an organization located in a country, and these traits influence management models and practices. This view rejects the hypothesis of universal management principles. In other words, management should be coherent with the country’s cultural expression, and international businesses should pay attention to the institutional and cultural realities of the countries in which they are located. The identity of an organization is linked to the local cultural context, and this aspect is important in business performance, the management of companies, and the internationalization of organizations in a globalized world.

scholarly journals Ambivalence, Paradox and the Poison-Remedy of Brazilian Improvisation: A Conversation with José Miguel Wisnik

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Micaela Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Public And Private ◽  
Bossa Nova ◽  
Distinguished Scholar ◽  
Brazilian Culture

This interview with distinguished scholar, composer, and musician José Miguel Wisnik addresses the different guises of improvisation in Brazilian culture and life. From the characteristically improvisational manner of playing soccer, to the informal Bossa Nova gatherings, to the playful relationship with language and its slippery signifiers, to the fluidity between public and private spheres, Wisnik explores the modes of ambivalence and paradox that he identifies as pivotal to Brazilian tendencies.

scholarly journals MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT IN CURRENT INDONESIAN HORROR FILMS

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Diah Agung Esfandari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Horror Films ◽  
New Order ◽  
Horror Film ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Ongoing Process ◽  
Development Policies

During the former President Soeharto’s regime (or the New Order) in 1966-1998, films were vehicles for the creation of a national culture intended to implement its development policies and more generally its authoritarian rule. There were guidelines on what to say, what not to say and who could speak in which medium. Every film produced during the New Order, had a narrative structure that moved from order through disorder to a restoration of the order. However, since the fall of the New Order, there is a re-emergence of Javanese cultural identity (known as kejawen or kebatinan) through the second boom of Indonesia’s horror film in cinemas. As Mulder (2005) explained, the revival and vitality of ‘kebatinan’ mysticism in the immediate post-independence period can best be seen as a search for cultural expression and identity in a time of transition and change. One of the examples of Indonesia’s current horror film is Jelangkung (2001) which is based on a Javanese folklore, and has reawakened once again the overall Indonesia’s film industry that has been stagnant since the monetary crisis in 1996. This paper aims to find out how Indonesian horror films (2001-2008) more specifically: Jelangkung (2001), Kuntilanak (2006) and Titisan Naya (2008) have provided a significant means for the reassertion of Javanese cultural identity. It is a part or chapter of a bigger paper or dissertation that is still an ongoing process.

scholarly journals BRAZILIAN JEITINHO AND CULTURE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FILMS ELITE SQUAD 1 AND 2

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALINE FÁBIA GUERRA DE MORAES ◽  
DANILO CORTEZ GOMES ◽  
DIOGO HENRIQUE HELAL
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Qualitative Character ◽  
Film Analysis ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Military Police ◽  
Indirect Observation ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
The Military ◽  
Brazilian Culture

ABSTRACT Purpose: The present study tried to observe the representations of Brazilian jeitinho, typical of Brazilian culture, through the analyses of the movies Elite squad (Tropa de elite) and Elite squad: the enemy within (Tropa de elite: o inimigo agora é outro). Originality/gap/relevance/implications: The article corroborates the ongoing debate on the field and offers alternatives for the study of Business Administration, by using the film analysis as a technique. It is of utmost importance to evidence that analyses such as this one, contribute to Business Administration by, when well situated, aiding in the comprehension of themes and concepts, leading students and readers to obtain new reflections and new perspectives about the subjects in question. Key methodological aspects: The qualitative character is a methodological landmark of this work, which uses the technique of indirect observation to analyze the films. From the utilization of a reflexive methodology, we were supported by the categorization of the data analyzed, based on the "implications" of jeitinho, present in Massukado-Nakatani, Mussi and Pedroso (2009). For a better perspective of these implications, tables were constructed linking them to specific scenes in the films. Summary of key results: Jeitinho appears in the movies as a notable presence in the Brazilian culture, entering the realm of the organizations, which is the case of the Military Police, the organization presented in the analyses of the films. Key considerations/conclusions: Thus, it was possible to notice peculiarities of the Brazilian culture through the analysis of national productions, contributing, then, to the ongoing debate in the field, trying to offer alternatives to the study of Administration, especially in what concerns the absorption of the national culture in the organizations.

Internationalization of Business in Emerging Countries and National Culture

2012 ◽  
pp. 117-164
Author(s):  
Fabrício Fernando Foganhole dos Santos ◽  
Irene Kazumi Miura
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Administrative Practices ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Banking Institution ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Brazilian Culture ◽  
Business Challenges

This chapter provides a framework for understanding the business challenges facing Brazilian companies. Based on the symbolic school of interpretive anthropology, two lines of ethnographic research were conducted on a Brazilian banking institution to identify, connect, and analyze the characteristic traits of Brazilian culture and their impact on organizational culture and administrative practices. The characteristic traits of the national culture are present in the ideals of an organization located in a country, and these traits influence management models and practices. This view rejects the hypothesis of universal management principles. In other words, management should be coherent with the country’s cultural expression, and international businesses should pay attention to the institutional and cultural realities of the countries in which they are located. The identity of an organization is linked to the local cultural context, and this aspect is important in business performance, the management of companies, and the internationalization of organizations in a globalized world.

Study on Development of Indian Film Industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 311 ◽  
pp. 544-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Yeh Lee ◽  
Meng Jhe Hsieh ◽  
Kuo Kuang Fan
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Film Culture ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Hollywood Movies ◽  
Key Industries

Since movies were introduced into India, they have become one of the key industries in the country. Besides the wide support in the local market, Bollywood films have started to stand out on the world stage. There are 3.6 billion international audiences of Indian films. Different from Hollywood movies which we are familiar with, Indian films reveal strong national culture. This study probes into the success factors of Indian films by literature review on the development of Indian films, special film culture and policy of the Indian government, and generalizes the following success factors of Indian film industry: high population, ticket price & low cost, local cultural environment, governmental policy, and combination of tradition and innovation. This study analyzes the factors above and compares the related factors with American films.

scholarly journals Nationalism from Below: State Failures, Nollywood, and Nigerian Pidgin

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-112
Author(s):  
Jonathan Haynes
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
African Unity ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Pan African ◽  
Nigerian Film ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Cultural Force

The Nigerian film industry known as “Nollywood” was shaped (and even created) by profound weaknesses of the Nigerian state, but it inherited and carried forward one of the state’s major accomplishments: the creation of a national culture on and through television. This mission was reinterpreted in the context of a low-budget feature-film industry grounded in the informal sector of the economy. Twenty-five years on, governmental failures continue to structure the industry, even as new distribution technologies and the transnational corporations that have entered with them have created a whole new sector of production alongside the original one and have fractured the audience along class lines, adding to original linguistic and cultural divisions. Still, through its storytelling, Nollywood remains a powerful unifying cultural force on the national and Pan-African levels. In this context, Nigerian Pidgin is more important than ever as a linguistic medium of communication and as a symbol of national, regional, and Pan-African unity and communicability.

The analysis of “Gels” in polymer films

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 362-363
Author(s):  
G. M. Brown ◽  
D. F. Brown ◽  
J. H. Butler
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Local Stress ◽  
Melt Index ◽  
Polyethylene Films ◽  
Crosslinked Polymer ◽  
Polymeric Gels ◽  
Mineral Particles ◽  
Polymeric Species ◽  
Special Concern

The term “gel”, in the jargon of the plastics film industry, may refer to any inclusion that produces a visible artifact in a polymeric film. Although they can occur in any plastic product, gels are a principle concern in films where they detract from the cosmetic appearance of the product and may compromise its mechanical strength by acting as local stress concentrators. Many film gels are small spheres or ellipsoids less than one millimeter in diameter whereas other gels are fusiform-shaped and may reach several centimeters in length. The actual composition of gel inclusions may vary from miscellaneous inorganics (i.e. glass and mineral particles) and processing additives to heavily oxidized, charred or crosslinked polymer. The most commonly observed gels contain polymer differing from the bulk of the sample in its melt viscosity, density or molecular weight.Polymeric gels are a special concern in polyethylene films. Over the years and with the examination of a variety of these samples three predominant polymeric species have been observed: density gels which have different crystallinity than the film; melt-index gels in which the molecular weight is different than the film and crosslinked gels which are comprised of crosslinked polyethylene.

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