The borders of sense: Revisiting iracema, uma transa amazonica (1974)
Abstract
A landmark of Brazilian cinema, Iracema: Uma transa Amazônica (1974), by Jorge Bodansky
and Orlando Senna, remains an underexplored film. This fiction-documentary hybrid
is a visual reflection on territoriality, mobility, and borders-borders that are inherently
paradoxical, limits constituted by contact, lines of division drawn by virtue of the
possibility of their crossing. This article considers the significance of the film
as a form of sociopolitical critique carried out by narrative and allegorical components.
The film, however, also contains elements that resist interpretation, relating to
the filming of unplanned and improvised encounters between film and lived, historical
world. This article explores the implications of this dual gesture and proposes ways
to appreciate the elements in the film that do not bear intended meaning but are highly
significant. © 2013 Taylor and Francis.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/19199Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1080/13569325.2013.840276Publication Info
Furtado, GP (2013). The borders of sense: Revisiting iracema, uma transa amazonica (1974). Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, 22(4). pp. 399-415. 10.1080/13569325.2013.840276. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/19199.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Gustavo PT Furtado
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