The politics of affect and emotion in contemporary Latin American cinema
Subtitle: Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico
By: Laura Podalsky
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780230109551
Subjects: Motion pictures; History
Description: "This book explores the role of emotion and affect in recent Latin American cinemas (1990s-2000s) in the context of larger public debates about past traumas and current anxieties. To address this topic, it examines some of the most significant trends in contemporary Latin American filmmaking, including the emergence of the thriller as a preferred genre to address the legacies of the 1960s and 1970s; the rise of "youth" films about globally-connected and disaffected young adults; and the proliferation of transnational productions by "traveling" filmmakers that encourage audiences to feel for "others." The book features close textual analysis of individual films from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico; as well as commentary on the changing structure of Latin American film industries. It frames those analyses within a discussion of recent critical and theoretical debates about affect, sentimentalism and compassion, particularly as they relate to film"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Between Neo-realist Sentimentality and Modernist Shock: New Latin American Cinema and Beyond * Thrilling Histories: Questions of Genre and History * Affecting Legacies: Contemporary Structures of Feeling * Alien/Nation: Contemporary Youth in Film * Emotional Investments: Global Networks and Transnational Affective Communities.