Mexico's Cinema A Century of Film and Filmmakers

by Hershfield, Joanne; Maciel, David R.; Dávalos Orozco, Federico; de la Vega Alfaro, Eduardo; Fein, Seth; García, Gustavo A.; Hernández Rodríguez, R.; Iglesias, Norma; Monsiváis, Carlos; Stock, Ann Marie; de San Martín, Patricia Torres

• ISBN13: 9780842026819
• ISBN10: 0842026819
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In recent years, Mexican films have received high acclaim and impressive box-office returns. Moreover, Mexico has the most advanced movie industry in the Spanish-speaking world, and its impact on Mexican culture and society cannot be overstated.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
I The Silent Cinema	1	(32)
In Quest of a National Cinema: The Silent Era	5	(12)
Gustavo A. Garcia
The Birth of the Film Industry and the Emergence of Sound	17	(16)
Federico Davalos Orozco
II The Golden Age	33	(160)
Adela Sequeyro and Matilde Landeta: Two Pioneer Women Directors	37	(12)
Patricia Torres de San Martin
Cantinflas and Tin Tan: Mexico's Greatest Comedians	49	(32)
Carlos Monsivais
Race and Ethnicity in the Classical Cinema	81	(20)
Joanne Hershfield
Melodrama and Social Comedy in the Cinema of the Golden Age	101	(22)
Rafael Hernandez Rodriguez
From Collaboration to Containment: Hollywood and the International Political Economy of Mexican Cinema after the Second World War	123	(42)
Seth Fein
The Decline of the Golden Age and the Making of the Crisis	165	(28)
Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro
III The Contemporary Era	193	(94)
Cinema and the State in Contemporary Mexico, 1970-1999	197	(36)
David R. Maciel
Reconstructing the Border: Mexican Border Cinema and Its Relationship to Its Audience	233	(16)
Norma Iglesias
Women and Gender Representation in the Contemporary Cinema of Mexico	249	(18)
David R. Maciel
Joanne Hershfield
Authentically Mexican?: Mi Querido Tom Mix and Cronos Reframe Critical Questions	267	(20)
Ann Marie Stock
Epilogue	287	(6)
About the Contributors	293	(2)
Index	295	(10)
Mexican Film Index	305