Luso-Brazilian Review publishes interdisciplinary scholarship on Portuguese, Brazilian, and Lusophone African cultures, with special emphasis on scholarly works in literature, history, and the social sciences. Each issue of the Luso-Brazilian Review includes articles and book reviews, which may be written in either English or Portuguese.
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Erratum
Erratum in issue 52.1 Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:iii–iv doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.iii <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/iii>
Articles
Brazil’s “Balloon Corps”: Pride, Desperation, and the Limits of Military Intelligence in the Triple Alliance War Thomas L. Whigham Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:1–18 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.1 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/1>
Machado de Assis’ Esaú e Jacó: And the Problem of Historical Representation Jobst Welge Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:19–36 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.19 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/19>
Capitu was more of a Woman than I was a Man: Ambivalence and Sexual Ambiguity in a Television Adaptation of Dom Casmurro Ricardo Sobreira Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:37–53 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.37 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/37>
O mundo em fragmentos: Marques Rebelo, a política e as letras no Estado Novo Valéria Paiva Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:54–72 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.54 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/54.abstrac>
The teatro de revista in Rio de Janeiro in the 1920s: Transnational Dialogues and Popular Cosmopolitanism Lisa Shaw Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:73–98 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.73 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/73>
Resistance or Reconciliation?: Fernando Gabeira’s O que é isso, companheiro? and the 1979 Amnesty Law Rebecca Atencio Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:99–115 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.99 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/99>
When the Glass Slips: Jung, Transmodernism, and Santiago Nazarian’s Thomas Schmidt Christopher T. Lewis Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:116–135 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.116 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/116>
Absence and Presence: The Here and There of Identity in Mia Couto’s Terra Sonâmbula Arthur J. Hughes Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:136–152 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.136 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/136>
Kriolu Interruptions: Local Lisbon Rappers Provoke a Rethinking of “Luso” and “Creole” Derek Pardue Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:153–173 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.153 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/153>
An Alternative Healing Paradigm: A Case Study of Spiritual Therapy in Umbanda Emma Stone Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:174–194 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.174 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/174>
Books Reviewed
Baerle, Caspar Van. The History of Brazil under the Governorship of Count Johan Maurits of Nassau, 1636–1644. Trans. Blanch T. van Berckel-Ebeling Koning. Gainsville: UP of Florida, 2011. Introduction. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 448 pp. Rômulo Nascimento Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:E1–E3 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.E1 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/E1>
Cardim, Pedro, Tamar Herzog, José Javier Ruiz Ibáñez, and Gaetano Sabatini, eds. Polycentric Monarchies: How did Early Modern Spain and Portugal Achieve and Maintain a Global Hegemony? Eastbourne, UK: Sussex Academic Press, 2012. Introduction. Notes on Contributors. Index. 241 pp. Liam Matthew Brockey Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:E4–E5 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.E4 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/E4>
Cicalo, André. Urban Encounters: Affirmative Action and Black Identities in Brazil. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 229 pp. Vânia Penha-Lopes Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:E6–E10 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.E6 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/E6>
Gibson, Annie McNeill. Post-Katrina Brazucas: Brazilian Immigrants in New Orleans. U of New Orleans P, 2012. 302 pp. Maxine Margolis Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:E11–E13 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.E11 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/E11>
Green, Toby, ed. Brokers of Change: Atlantic Commerce and Cultures in Precolonial Africa. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012. 415 pp. Mariana P. Candido Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:E14–E15 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.E14 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/E14>
Moreira, Paulo. Modernismo localista das Américas: Os contos de Faulkner, Guimarães Rosa e Rulfo. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG, 2012. 344 pp. Rex P. Nielson Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:E16–E19 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.E16 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/E16>
Morier-Genoud, Eric and Michel Cahen, eds. Imperial Migrations: Colonial Communities and Diaspora in the Portuguese World. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Notes on contributors. Index. xii + 351 pp. Gabriel Paquette Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:E20–E21 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.E20 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/E20>
Cristina Peixoto-Mehrtens. Urban Space and National Identity in Early Twentieth Century São Paulo, Brazil: Crafting Modernity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 274 pp. Anne Hanley Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:E22–E23 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.E22 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/E22>
Bueno, Eva Paulino. Amácio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil: After Cinema Novo. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012. Bibliography. Filmography. 196 pp. Dário Borim, Jr. Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:195–196 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.195 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/195>
Medeiros, Paulo de. Pessoa’s Geometry of the Abyss: Modernity and the Book of Disquiet. London: Legenda, 2013. Bibliography. Index. x + 134 pp. K. David Jackson Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:197–198 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.197 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/197>
Fontes, Paulo, and Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda, eds. The Country of Football: Politics, Popular Culture and the Beautiful Game in Brazil. London: Hurst & Co., 2014. Notes on Contributors. Images. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xviii + 274 pp. Roger Kittleson Luso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:198–200 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.198 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/198>
ContributorsLuso-Brazilian Rev. December 2015 52:201–203 doi:10.3368/lbr.52.2.201 <http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/201>