Mexico City in Contemporary Mexican Cinema

by Foster, David William

• ISBN13: 9780292725423
• ISBN10: 0292725426
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780292789159
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

Just as Mexican national life has come to centre on the sprawling, dynamic, almost indefinable metropolis of Mexico City, so recent Mexican cinema has focused on the city not merely as a setting for films but almost as a protagonist in its own right, whose conditions both create meaning for and receive meaning from the human lives lived in its midst. Through close readings of fourteen recent critically acclaimed films, this book watches Mexican cinema in this process of producing cultural meaning through its creation, enaction, and interpretation of the idea of Mexico City.David William Foster analyses how Mexican filmmakers have used Mexico City as a vehicle for exploring such issues as crime, living space, street life, youth culture, political and police corruption, safety hazards, gender roles, and ethnic and social identities. The book is divided into three sections."Politics of the City" examines the films Rojo amanecer, Novia que te vea, Frida, naturaleza viva, and Sexo, pudor y lágrimas. "Human Geographies" looks at El Callejón de los Milagros, Mecánica nacional, El castillo de la pureza, Todo el poder, and Lolo. "Mapping Gender" discusses Danzón, De noche vienes, Esmeralda, La tarea, Lola, and Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Politics of the City Rojo amanecer Novia que te vea Frida, naturaleza viva Sexo, pudor y laacute;grimas

Human Geographies El Callejoacute;n de los Milagros Mecaacute;nica nacional El castillo de la pureza Todo el poder Lolo

Mapping Gender Danzoacute;n De noche vienes, Esmeralda La tarea Lola Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda

Afterword

Notes

Filmography

References

Index

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