Contemporary Latin American cinema : breaking into the global market / editor Deborah Shaw.

By: Shaw, Deborah [editor.]Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: Primera ediciónDescription: ix, 201 páginas : fotografías ; 23 cmContent type: texto Media type: sin mediación Carrier type: volumenISBN: 9780742539150Subject(s): Cine -- América Latina | Películas cinematográficas -- Historia y crítica -- América Latina | Industria cinematográfica -- Historia y crítica -- América Latina | Críticos de cine -- América LatinaDDC classification: 791.43098

Contents:

Latin American cinema today : a qualified success story / Deborah Shaw ; Chapter 1. Los diarios de motocicleta as Pan-American travelogue / Claire Williams ; Chapter 2. "So what's Mexico really like?" : framing the local, negotiating the global in Alfonso Cuarón's Y tu mamá también / Nuala Finnegan ; Chapter 3. Cidade de Deus : challenges to Hollywood, steps to The constant gardener / Else R.P. Vieira ; ; Chapter 4. Playing Hollywood at its own game? Bielinski's Nueve reinas / Deborah Shaw ; Chapter 5. Afro-Brazilian Identity : Malandragem and homosexuality in Madame Satã / Lisa Shaw ; Chapter 6. Family romance and pathetic rhetoric in Marcelo Piñeyro's Kamchatka / David William Foster ; ; Chapter 7. Soapsuds and histrionics : media, history, and nation in Bolívar soy yo / Geoffrey Kantaris ; Chapter 8. Killing time in Cuba : Juan Carlos Tabío's Lista de espera / Rob Stone ; Chapter 9. The power of looking : politics and the gaze in Salvador Carrasco's La otra conquista / Miriam Haddu ; Chapter 10. Peruvian cinema and the struggle for international recognition : case study on El destino no tiene favoritos / Sarah Barrow.

Abstract: This engaging book explores some of the most significant films to emerge from Latin America since 2000, an extraordinary period of international recognition for the region's cinema. Each chapter assesses an individual film, with some contributors considering the reasons for the unprecedented commercial and critical successes of movies such as City of God, The Motorcycle Diaries Y tu mamá también, and Nine Queens, while others examine why equally important films failed to break out on the international circuit. Written by leading specialists, the chapters not only offer textual analysis but also consider the films' social context and production conditions, as well as critical national and transnational issues. Their well-rounded analyses provide a rich picture of the state of contemporary filmmaking in a range of Latin American countries. Nuanced and thought-provoking, the readings in this book will provide invaluable interpretations for students and scholars of Latin American film. Contraportada.

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This engaging book explores some of the most significant films to emerge from Latin America since 2000, an extraordinary period of international recognition for the region's cinema. Each chapter assesses an individual film, with some contributors considering the reasons for the unprecedented commercial and critical successes of movies such as City of God, The Motorcycle Diaries Y tu mamá también, and Nine Queens, while others examine why equally important films failed to break out on the international circuit. Written by leading specialists, the chapters not only offer textual analysis but also consider the films' social context and production conditions, as well as critical national and transnational issues. Their well-rounded analyses provide a rich picture of the state of contemporary filmmaking in a range of Latin American countries. Nuanced and thought-provoking, the readings in this book will provide invaluable interpretations for students and scholars of Latin American film. Contraportada.

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