Screen LibraryThemes in Latin American cinema : a critical survey /
"This updated and expanded edition gives further critical analysis of 23 Latin American films from the last 20 years, including the addition of four films from Bolivia. Explored throughout the text are seven crucial themes in Latin American film: the indigenous image, sexuality, childhood, fema...
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Jefferson, North Carolina : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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"This updated and expanded edition gives further critical analysis of 23 Latin American films from the last 20 years, including the addition of four films from Bolivia. Explored throughout the text are seven crucial themes in Latin American film: the indigenous image, sexuality, childhood, female protagonists, crime and corruption, fratricidal wars, and writers as characters. Designed as a guide for teachers of Hispanic culture or Latin American film and literature, the book provides a sweeping look at the logistical circumstances of filmmaking in the region along with the criteria involved in interpreting a Latin American film. It also includes interviews with and brief biographies of influential filmmakers, along with film synopses, production details and credits, transcripts of selected scenes, and suggestions for further discussion and analysis"-- |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781476677828 1476677824 |
| Index Number: | PN1993 |
| CLC: | J905.73 |
| Call Number: | J905.73/R516/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Pre-Columbian Mexico. The indigenous image: from caricature to self-portrait -- Eréndira ikikunari (Indomitable Eréndira) -- Cabeza de Vaca -- Ivy Marãey -- Viejo Calavera (Old Skull) -- Sexuality and identity. Sexuality and its social dimensions -- Un paraíso bajo las estrellas (Paradise Beneath the Stars) -- Dependencia sexual (Sexual Dependency) -- Madame Satā -- The infant sage. The child as survivor and paradigm in Latin American film -- El silencio de Neto (The Silence of Neto) -- Maroa -- Paloma de papel (Paper Dove) -- Female roles and stereotypes. Women protagonists in Latin American film -- A hora da estrela (The Hour of the Star) -- En la puta vida (In This Tricky Life) -- Novia que te vea (Like a Bride) -- Crime and corruption. A spectrum of criminality: gangsters, politicians and the military -- Ratas, ratones, rateros (Rodents) -- Perder es cuestión de método (The Art of Losing) -- Días de Santiago (Days of Santiago) -- Las bellas durmientes (The Sleeping Beauties) -- Twentieth-century conflicts. Fratricidal wars and imperialism -- Iluminados por el fuego (Blessed by Fire) -- Mi mejor enemigo (My Best Enemy) -- Hamaca paraguaya (Paraguayan Hammock) -- The poet in the city. Writers as characters -- El lado oscuro del corazón (Dark Side of the Heart) -- Caída al cielo (Loud Whispers) -- Averno. |