Professor Lisa Shaw Ph.D
Professor of Brazilian Studies Languages, Cultures and Film
- Work email Lisa.Shaw@liverpool.ac.uk
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Research
Brazilian and Portuguese popular culture and transnational perspectives
My research has been focused on the following areas:
Brazilian cinema,especially popular genres;
Brazilian popular music and film music;
popular cultural production in Brazil from the 1920s to the 1960s;
Portuguese popular cinema;
Brazilian popular culture (music, dance and popular theatre) within the context of transatlantic currents between the 1870s and the 1940s;
film stars and stardom in Brazil;
Cinema, music, memory and wellbeing for the older population and those living with dementia
I am leading an Impact project called "Cinema, Memory and Wellbeing", which explores the therapeutic benefits of reminiscence stimulated by music and film for the older population. This project involves initiatives in the Liverpool city region and in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and collaboration with nursing homes and day care centres, GP practices, and NGOs. This project has been supported by an International Knowledge Exchange Voucher and HEIF funding from the University of Liverpool, as well as the Newton Fund (ODA) and small grants from local organisations on Merseyside, such as the Happy Older People (HOP) network. I am currently developing the project with colleagues at the University of Liverpool and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust to embrace those living with dementia.
Research Grants
Gender, Race and Performance: re-visiting the Black Atlantic
INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH (UK)
January 2018 - July 2019
Tropical Travels and Transatlantic Dialogues: Brazilian Popular Culture Abroad, 1870-1945
BRITISH ACADEMY (UK)
January 2012 - December 2012
Stardom, ethnicity and masculinity in Brazilian popular film of the 1950s.
BRITISH ACADEMY (UK)
March 2006