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Publications [#241647] of John D. French

Papers Published

1. French, JD, They Don't Wear Black-Tie: Intellectuals and Workers in São Paulo, Brazil, 1958–1981, International Labor and Working Class History, vol. 59 no. 59 (Spring, 2001), pp. 60-80, ISSN 0147-5479 (Part of a thematic issue on "Workers and Film: As Subject and Audience".) [Gateway.cgi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/20)

   Abstract:
   In 1979, film-maker Leon Hirszman (1937–1987) collaborated with playwright Gianfrancesco Guarnieri on a film adaption of Guarnieri's famous play about Brazilian working-class life, They Don't Wear Black-Tie. © 2001, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.