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Doubting Thomas and the Wanderer in the Tropics

Sunday, 07 August 2011 10:33 Published in Popular culture
Doubting Thomas and the Wanderer in the Tropics

South America is home to a legend which, though little known by the wider public, has captivated sociologists, anthropologists, folklorists and journalists, as well as a number of websites concerned with promoting tourism in Uruguay, Paraguay and in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. 

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Uruguayan Cinema in a nutshell

Saturday, 25 June 2011 12:04 Published in Film
Uruguayan Cinema in a nutshell

A study of cinema in Uruguay cannot be realistically undertaken without considering the country’s geographical and socio-political position, which has provided a backdrop against which modern Uruguayan film-makers have developed their craft.

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Did you know

The “Anthropophagic Manifesto”, published in 1928, became a symbol for the Modernist Movement that took place in Brazil in that decade. Its author, the poet Oswald de Andrade, was interested in the ritualistic content of the cannibal practice as narrated by some travelers to the New World whereby the killer can actually be empowered by his enemy’s substance. He explored the idea of cultural anthropophagy as a remedy for making such a diverse country a nation.

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