Abyssal Lines and Border Aesthetics

As Boas Maneiras and Bacurau

Authors

  • Eduardo A. Russo Universidad Nacional de La Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/24691488e072

Keywords:

Cinema, contemporary, Latin American, decolonization

Abstract

The article examines the fictional strategies deployed by two recent Brazilian films, As boas maneiras (2017), in their relationship with the concept of the abyssal line, proposed by Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Bacurau (2019), as an incursion into a border poetics, according to the proposals of Walter Mignolo. Beyond the particularities and differences between the two films, it is possible to notice certain aspects in common, which collect and reflect on the legacies of cinematographic modernity and exhibit a transversal impulse towards the design of a decolonial aesthetics.

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Published

2021-07-09

How to Cite

Russo, E. A. (2021). Abyssal Lines and Border Aesthetics: As Boas Maneiras and Bacurau. Arte E Investigación, (Especial), e072. https://doi.org/10.24215/24691488e072

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No. Especial (2021): Arte, Tecnología y Colonialidad

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