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Contemporary Latin American Cinema

Deborah Shaw
Contemporary Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Deborah Shaw
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780742575097

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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 trace 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. Contributions by: Sarah Barrow, Nuala Finnegan, David William Foster, Miraim Haddu, Geoffrey Kantaris, Deborah Shaw, Lisa Shaw, Rob Stone, Else R. P. Vieira, and Claire Williams.

The Child in Contemporary Latin American Cinema

Deborah Martin
The Child in Contemporary Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Deborah Martin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137528223

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The Child in Contemporary Latin American Cinema by Deborah Martin Pdf

What is the child for Latin American cinema? This book aims to answer that question, tracing the common tendencies of the representation of the child in the cinema of Latin American countries, and demonstrating the place of the child in the movements, genres and styles that have defined that cinema. Deborah Martin combines theoretical readings of the child in cinema and culture, with discussions of the place of the child in specific national, regional and political contexts, to develop in-depth analyses and establish regional comparisons and trends. She pays particular attention to the narrative and stylistic techniques at play in the creation of the child's perspective, and to ways in which the presence of the child precipitates experiments with film aesthetics. Bringing together fresh readings of well-known films with attention to a range of little-studied works, The Child in Contemporary Latin American Cinema examines films from the recent and contemporary period, focussing on topics such as the death of the child in ‘street child’ films, the role of the child in post-dictatorship filmmaking and the use of child characters to challenge gender and sexual ideologies. The book also aims to place those analyses in a historical context, tracing links with important precursors, and paying attention to the legacy of the child’s figuring in the mid-century movements of melodrama and the New Latin American Cinema.

Contemporary Cinema of Latin America

Deborah Shaw
Contemporary Cinema of Latin America Book PDF

Author : Deborah Shaw
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826414850

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Contemporary Cinema of Latin America by Deborah Shaw Pdf

This book focuses on a selection of internationally known Latin American films. The chapters are organized around national categories, grounding the readings not only in the context of social and political conditions, but also in those of each national film industry. It is a very useful text for students of the region's cultural output, as well as for students of film studies who wish to learn more about the innovative and often controversial films discussed.

Contemporary Latin American Cinema

Claudia Sandberg,Carolina Rocha
Contemporary Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Claudia Sandberg,Carolina Rocha
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319770109

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Contemporary Latin American Cinema by Claudia Sandberg,Carolina Rocha Pdf

Contemporary Latin American Cinema investigates the ways in which neoliberal measures of privatization, de-regularization and austerity introduced in Latin America during the 1990s have impacted film production and film narratives. The collection examines the relationship between economic policies and the films that depict recent transformations in many Latin American countries, demonstrating how contemporary Latin American film has not only criticized and resisted, but also benefitted from neoliberal advancements. Based on films produced in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru since 2010, the fourteen case studies illustrate neoliberalism’s effects, from big industries to small national cinemas. It also shows the new types of producers that have emerged, and the novel patterns of distribution, exhibition and consumption that shape and influence the Latin American filmscape. Through industry studies, reception analyses and close readings, this book establishes an informative and accessible text for scholars and students alike.

Latin American Cinema

Stephen M. Hart
Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Stephen M. Hart
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781780234038

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Latin American Cinema by Stephen M. Hart Pdf

From El Megano and Black God, White Devil to City of God and Babel, Latin American films have a rich history. In this concise but comprehensive account, Stephen M. Hart traces Latin American cinema from its origins in 1896 to the present day, along the way providing original views of major films and mini-biographies of major film directors. Describing the broad contours of Latin American film and its connections to major historical developments, Hart guides readers through the story of how Hollywood dominance succumbed to the emergence of the Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano and how this movement has led to the “New” New Latin American Cinema of the twenty-first century. He offers a fresh analysis of the effects of major changes in film technology, revealing how paradigm shifts such as the move to digital preceded new cinematographic techniques and visions. He also looks closely at the films themselves, examining how filmmakers express their messages. Finally, he considers the decision by a group of directors to film in English, which enhanced the visibility of Latin American cinema around the world. Featuring 120 illustrations, this clear, cogent guide to the history of this region’s cinema will appeal to fans of Central Station and Like Water for Chocolate alike.

Human Rights, Social Movements and Activism in Contemporary Latin American Cinema

Mariana Cunha,Antônio Márcio da Silva
Human Rights Social Movements and Activism in Contemporary Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Mariana Cunha,Antônio Márcio da Silva
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319962085

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Human Rights, Social Movements and Activism in Contemporary Latin American Cinema by Mariana Cunha,Antônio Márcio da Silva Pdf

This edited collection explores how contemporary Latin American cinema has dealt with and represented issues of human rights, moving beyond many of the recurring topics for Latin American films. Through diverse interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological approaches, and analyses of different audiovisual media from fictional and documentary films to digitally-distributed activist films, the contributions discuss the theme of human rights in cinema in connection to various topics and concepts. Chapters in the volume explore the prison system, state violence, the Mexican dirty war, the Chilean dictatorship, debt, transnational finance, indigenous rights, social movement, urban occupation, the right to housing, intersectionality, LGBTT and women’s rights in the context of a number of Latin American countries. By so doing, it assesses the long overdue relation between cinema and human rights in the region, thus opening new avenues to aid the understanding of cinema’s role in social transformation.

Latin American Cinema

Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez
Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520963535

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Latin American Cinema by Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez Pdf

This book charts a comparative history of Latin America’s national cinemas through ten chapters that cover every major cinematic period in the region: silent cinema, studio cinema, neorealism and art cinema, the New Latin American Cinema, and contemporary cinema. Schroeder Rodríguez weaves close readings of approximately fifty paradigmatic films into a lucid narrative history that is rigorous in its scholarship and framed by a compelling theorization of the multiple discourses of modernity. The result is an essential guide that promises to transform our understanding of the region’s cultural history in the last hundred years by highlighting how key players such as the church and the state have affected cinema’s unique ability to help shape public discourse and construct modern identities in a region marked by ongoing struggles for social justice and liberation.

New Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinemas

Dolores Tierney
New Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinemas Book PDF

Author : Dolores Tierney
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-23
Category : PERFORMING ARTS
ISBN : 9781474431118

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New Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinemas by Dolores Tierney Pdf

Through a textual analysis of six filmmakers (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, Fernando Meirelles, Walter Salles and Juan José Campanella), this book brings a new perspective to the films of Latin America's transnational auteurs.

Framing Latin American Cinema

Ann Marie Stock
Framing Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Ann Marie Stock
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780816629732

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Framing Latin American Cinema by Ann Marie Stock Pdf

Proposes new critical directions in Latin American film. Framing Latin American Cinema embraces multiple modes of scholarship, juxtaposing feature films and documentaries, and locating cinema within larger cultural debates. Considering works from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Venezuela, the contributors address a range of topics including studies of directors like Roman Chalbaud and Fernando Perez, examinations of viewer patterns and critical tendencies, and analyses of Mexican melodrama, revolutionary films, and such internationally acclaimed works as Dona Herlinda and A Place in the World.

Latin American Cinemas

Nayibe Bermúdez Barrios
Latin American Cinemas Book PDF

Author : Nayibe Bermúdez Barrios
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Cinéma / Amérique latine
ISBN : 1552385140

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Latin American Cinemas by Nayibe Bermúdez Barrios Pdf

Drawing especially on Jean-Luc Nancy's notion of 'inoperative community' and Enrique Dussel's critique of 'modernity, ' these eleven essays weave together a progression that stresses the breakdown of the nation-state in Latin America and the search for new communal settings.

Contemporary Hispanic Cinema

Stephanie Dennison
Contemporary Hispanic Cinema Book PDF

Author : Stephanie Dennison
Publisher : Tamesis Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781855662612

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Contemporary Hispanic Cinema by Stephanie Dennison Pdf

This collection of original essays focuses on the cross-currents and points of contact among Spain, Portugal and Latin America and ther impact on the regions' film industries.

Globalization and Latin American Cinema

Sophia A. McClennen
Globalization and Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Sophia A. McClennen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319570600

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Globalization and Latin American Cinema by Sophia A. McClennen Pdf

Studying the case of Latin American cinema, this book analyzes one of the most public - and most exportable- forms of postcolonial national culture to argue that millennial era globalization demands entirely new frameworks for thinking about the relationship between politics, culture, and economic policies. Concerns that globalization would bring the downfall of national culture were common in the 1990s as economies across the globe began implementing neoliberal, free market policies and abolishing state protections for culture industries. Simultaneously, new technologies and the increased mobility of people and information caused others to see globalization as an era of heightened connectivity and progressive contact. Twenty-five years later, we are now able to examine the actual impact of globalization on local and regional cultures, especially those of postcolonial societies. Tracing the full life-cycle of films and studying blockbusters like City of God, Motorcycle Diaries, and Children of Men this book argues that neoliberal globalization has created a highly ambivalent space for cultural expression, one willing to market against itself as long as the stories sell. The result is an innovative and ground-breaking text suited to scholars interested in globalization studies, Latin-American studies and film studies.

Pushing Past the Human in Latin American Cinema

Carolyn Fornoff,Gisela Heffes
Pushing Past the Human in Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Carolyn Fornoff,Gisela Heffes
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781438484051

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Pushing Past the Human in Latin American Cinema by Carolyn Fornoff,Gisela Heffes Pdf

Pushing Past the Human in Latin American Cinema brings together fourteen scholars to analyze Latin American cinema in dialogue with recent theories of posthumanism and ecocriticism. Together they grapple with how Latin American filmmakers have attempted to "push past the human," and destabilize the myth of anthropocentric exceptionalism that has historically been privileged by cinema and has led to the current climate crisis. While some chapters question the very nature of this enterprise—whether cinema should or even could actualize such a maneuver beyond the human—others signal the ways in which the category of the "human" itself is interrogated by Latin American cinema, revealed to be a fiction that excludes more than it unifies. This volume explores how the moving image reinforces or contests the division between human and nonhuman, and troubles the settler epistemic partition of culture and nature that is at the core of the climate crisis. As the first volume to specifically address how such questions are staged by Latin American cinema, this book brings together analysis of films that respond to environmental degradation, as well as those that articulate a posthumanist ethos that blurs the line between species.

Domestic Labor in Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema

Elizabeth Osborne,Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro
Domestic Labor in Twenty First Century Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Elizabeth Osborne,Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030332969

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Domestic Labor in Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema by Elizabeth Osborne,Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro Pdf

This volume explores the character of the domestic worker in twenty-first century Latin American cinema and analyzes how recent filmic representations of the housemaid question the marginalization of domestic servants, in particular women, by making them the center of their narratives, their families, and society. The essays in this book posit the female domestic worker as an emergent subjectivity, a complex character who problematizes and contests the hierarchical power structures within the family dynamics and new socioeconomic orders found in contemporary Latin America. Readers will find a variety of representations across the continent as well as transnational commonalities of the cinematic figure and role of the housemaid, including the negotiation of a multilayered politics of affection in the framework of prevalent paternalism, and the complex and contradictory dynamic between private and public spaces, where domestic paid labor occupies a central role in maintaining gender, class, and ethnic inequalities.

The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema

Marvin D'Lugo,Ana M. López,Laura Podalsky
The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema Book PDF

Author : Marvin D'Lugo,Ana M. López,Laura Podalsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317518976

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The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema by Marvin D'Lugo,Ana M. López,Laura Podalsky Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema is the most comprehensive survey of Latin American cinemas available in a single volume. While highlighting state-of-the-field research, essays also offer readers a cohesive overview of multiple facets of filmmaking in the region, from the production system and aesthetic tendencies, to the nature of circulation and reception. The volume recognizes the recent "new cinemas" in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico, and, at the same time, provides a much deeper understanding of the contemporary moment by commenting on the aesthetic trends and industrial structures in earlier periods. The collection features essays by established scholars as well as up-and-coming investigators in ways that depart from existing scholarship and suggest new directions for the field.