Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Breaking into the Global Market

by Shaw, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9780742539150
• ISBN10: 0742539156
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-09
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This engaging book explores Latin America cinema since 2000, an extraordinary period of international recognition. Leading specialists consider the reasons for the unprecedented commercial and critical successes of movies such as iCity of God, The Motorcycle Diaries, Y tu mam tambiZn,i and iNine Queens,i as well as equally important films that failed to break out on the international circuit. The chapters offer not only textual analysis, but also consider the films' social context and production conditions. Their well-rounded analysis offers 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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Latin American Cinema Today: A Qualified Success Story	p. 1
Los diarios de motocicleta as Pan-American Travelogue	p. 11
"So What's Mexico Really Like?": Framing the Local, Negotiating the Global in Alfonso Cuaron's Y tu mama tambien	p. 29
Cidade de Deus: Challenges to Hollywood, Steps to The Constant Gardener	p. 51
Playing Hollywood at Its Own Game? Bielinski's Nueve reinas	p. 67
Afro-Brazilian Identity: Malandragem and Homosexuality in Madame Sata	p. 87
Family Romance and Pathetic Rhetoric in Marcelo Pineyro's Kamchatka	p. 105
Soapsuds and Histrionics: Media, History, and Nation in Bolivar soy yo	p. 117
Killing Time in Cuba: Juan Carlos Tabio's Lista de espera	p. 135
The Power of Looking: Politics and the Gaze in Salvador Carrasco's La otra conquista	p. 153
Peruvian Cinema and the Struggle for International Recognition: Case Study on El destino no tiene favoritos	p. 173
Selected Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 193
About the Contributors	p. 199
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