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Focusing on the critical examination of Western art discourse, this book explores 2,500 years of debates and key figures who have shaped the understanding of the arts in Europe. It deconstructs prevailing narratives across various media, revealing how they often reinforce fixed ideas while suppressing the arts' true power. By incorporating contemporary theories and perspectives from Amerindian authors and philosophers, it advocates for a decolonization of art studies, using Brazil's artistic landscape as a pivotal case study to challenge Eurocentric views.

The Carnation Revolution in 1974 ended Portugal's dictatorship and empire and opened up a new chapter in film history. Besides national productions, transnational films that result from agreements with the ex-colonies Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Mozambique now engage with the legacy of Portugal's colonial history and its powerful myths of cultural unity such as lusophony and lusotropicalism. This volume is the first to analyze the negotiations of ideas on identity and difference in both production modes.