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Language and the prison-house: the cultural rhetoric of Brazil's cultural memory wars (2023)
Book Chapter
Miranda, R. (2023). Language and the prison-house: the cultural rhetoric of Brazil's cultural memory wars. In Culture and Society. Rhetorical Perspectives, Transferential Insights (133-154). Tibilisi, Georgia: New Vision University Press

This chapter aims to explore the contribution of cultural rhetoric towards the critique of cultural memory, taking up as case study the discussions on the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985). Partially as a backlash against the work of the Tr... Read More about Language and the prison-house: the cultural rhetoric of Brazil's cultural memory wars.

History, literature and the indices of the Ocean: Force of signification in Borges Coelho’s ‘”A força do mar de Agosto” (2020)
Book Chapter
Miranda, R. (2020). History, literature and the indices of the Ocean: Force of signification in Borges Coelho’s ‘”A força do mar de Agosto”. In A Companion to João Paulo Borges Coelho. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers

The impact of João Paulo Borges Coelho’s ‘A força do mar de Agosto’ rests largely on its concurrent conceptualization of the Indian Ocean and on its instrumental use of the Indian Ocean as a literary device. In Borges Coelho’s short story, the sea is... Read More about History, literature and the indices of the Ocean: Force of signification in Borges Coelho’s ‘”A força do mar de Agosto”.

Cenas de escrita. João César Monteiro: escritor de cinema, o cineasta de escritas (2018)
Book Chapter
Gonçalves Miranda, R. (2018). Cenas de escrita. João César Monteiro: escritor de cinema, o cineasta de escritas. In J. M. Frias, P. Eiras, & R. Martelo (Eds.), Ofício multiplo: poetas em outras artes (169-188). Porto: Afrontamento and Instituto de Literatura comparada Margarida Losa

Our beloved month of August: between the filming of the real and the reality of filming (2017)
Book Chapter
Gonçalves Miranda, R. (2017). Our beloved month of August: between the filming of the real and the reality of filming. In M. Liz (Ed.), Global Portuguese cinema: industry, history and culture. I.B. Tauris

"Why did they take down the pictures?": conspicuous absences and "la historia de algo más" in Roberto Bolaño's Estrella Distante. (2017)
Book Chapter
Gonçalves Miranda, R. (2017). "Why did they take down the pictures?": conspicuous absences and "la historia de algo más" in Roberto Bolaño's Estrella Distante. In A. Sharman, M. Grass Kleiner, A. M. Lorusso, & S. Savoini (Eds.), MemoSur/MemoSouth: memory, commemoration and trauma in post-dictatorship Argentina and Chile. Critical, Cultural and Communications Press