Narco Cinema [electronic resource] : Sex, Drugs, and Banda Music in Mexico's B-Filmography /
Rashotte, Ryan.author.
This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cinema that, for over forty years, has been instrumental in shaping narco-culture in Mexico and the US borderlands. Identifying classics in its mammoth catalogue and analyzing select films at length, Rashotte outlines the genre's history and aesthetic criteria. He approaches its history as an alternative to mainstream representation of the drug war and considers how its vernacular aesthetic speaks to the anxieties and desires of Latina/o audiences by celebrating regional cultures while exploring the dynamics of global transition. Despite recent federal prohibitions, narco cinema endures as a popular folk art because it reflects distinctively the experiences of those uprooted by the forces of globalization and critiques those forces in ways mainstream cinema has failed.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Oye, Lecteur""; ""1 What Is Narco Cinema?""; ""2 Hecho de coca: A Sentimental Education""; ""3 Two Foul Score of the Brothers Almada""; ""4 Narcas y Narcos""; ""5 .......and Narco Gays?""; ""Postscript: From Culiacán to Cannes""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cinema that, for over forty years, has been instrumental in shaping narco-culture in Mexico and the US borderlands. Identifying classics in its mammoth catalogue and analyzing select films at length, Rashotte outlines the genre's history and aesthetic criteria. He approaches its history as an alternative to mainstream representation of the drug war and considers how its vernacular aesthetic speaks to the anxieties and desires of Latina/o audiences by celebrating regional cultures while exploring the dynamics of global transition. Despite recent federal prohibitions, narco cinema endures as a popular folk art because it reflects distinctively the experiences of those uprooted by the forces of globalization and critiques those forces in ways mainstream cinema has failed.
Ethnology-Latin America.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Motion pictures-United States.
Motion pictures, American.
Film genres.
Cultural studies.
Latin American Culture.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
American Cinema and TV.
Latin American Cinema and TV.
Genre.
Cultural Studies.