Projetando a Nação: o cinema na consolidação da identidade nacional e internacional da Política Externa Brasileira (1945-1964)

Abstract

This paper deals with the formation of Brazil's national and international identities through Brazilian Cinema and its relationship with Brazilian Foreign Policy. National and international identities, according to constructivist interdiscourse, arise in the interaction between States and the understanding of their historical symbols, and can be represented by cultural productions. In this way, an understanding will be made of the constructivist aspects that permeate identities, the validity of Cultural Diplomacy in conjunction with the Cultural Industry, in addition to a contextualization of the conditions of Brazilian Foreign Policy and the formation of the national film industry. This analysis rests in the time frame from 1945 to 1964, focusing on understanding the context of the national-developmentalism paradigm. The research was carried out qualitatively, with an exploratory and descriptive character, with a bibliographical review and application of Content and Discourse Analysis methodologies. The objective was to understand how Brazilian cinema was able to represent Brazilian national and international identity in the aforementioned time frame. The objective was achieved through film analysis of feature films that make up the framework of Brazilian cinematographic productions at the time studied, being able to represent the internal and external conditions in which Brazil was inserted between 1945 and 1964.