Themes in Latin American cinema
Subtitle: a critical survey
By: Keith John Richards ; foreword by Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786435388
Subjects: Motion pictures; Plots, themes
Description: "Analyzing 18 films from across Latin America, this book identifies and explores crucial themes in Latin American film, including: the indigenous image, sexuality, childhood, female protagonists, crime, corruption, fratricidal wars, and writers as characters. It includes interviews with and brief biographies of influential filmmakers, film synopses, production details, credits, transcripts of selected scenes, and discussion and analysis suggestions"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Pre-Columbian Mexico. The indigenous image: from caricature to self-portrait; title: Erendira ikikunari (Indomitable erendira); title: Cabeza de Vaca; title: Sexuality and identity. Sexuality and its social dimensions; title: Un paradiso bajo las estrellas (Paradise beneath the stars); title: Dependencia sexual (Sexual dependency); title: Madame sati; title: The infant sage. The child as survivor and paradigm in Latin American film; title: El silencio de neto (The silence of neto); title: Maroa; title: Paloma de papel (Paper dove); title: Female roles and stereotypes. Women protagonists in Latin American film; title: A hora da estrela (The hour of the star); title: En la puta vida (In this tricky life); title: Novia que te vea (Like a bride); title: Crime and corruption. A spectrum of criminality: gangsters, politicians and the military; title: Ratas, ratones, rateros (Rodents); title: Perder es cuestión de método  (The art of losing); title: Dias de Santiago (Days of Santiago); title: Fratricide and neo-imperialism: twentieth-century conflicts. Fratricidal wars and imperialism; title: Iluminados por el fuego (Blessed by fire); title: Mi mejor enemigo (My best enemy); title: Hamaca paraguaya (Paraguayan hammock); title: The poet in the city. Writers as characters; title: El lado oscuro del corazon (Dark side of the heart); title: Cacda al cielo (Loud whispers).