Humor in Latin American cinema
By: edited by Juan Poblete and Juana Suárez
Series: New directions in Latino American cultures; New directions in Latino American cultures
Publisher: Springer; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781137549457
Subjects: Motion pictures; Wit and humor in motion pictures; History and criticism; Comedy films; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Luis Sandrini's stutter, early Argentine film comedy and the representability of time / by Nilo Fernando Couret; title: "Comrades, there are moments in life that are truly momentary": Cantinflas and the administration of public matters / by Gareth Williams; title: The laugh of Nina Marshall : comic performance and gender performativity in Argentinean classical cinema / by Paula Inés Laguarda; title: The early comedies of Tomás Gutierrez Alea / by Dianne Marting; title: Backwardness and modernity in the rural tradition of Mazzaropi comedies / by Mauricio de Bragana; title: Enrique Cahen Salaberry and Hugo Sofovich : contrasting directors and strategies of humor in films featuring Alberto Olmedo and Jorge Porcel / by Fernando Pagnoni; title: Colombian popular comedy for dummies : the Nieto Roa and Dago Garcia producciones formula / by Juana Suárez; title: Invasion of the nacos! mocking social prejudice in contemporary Mexican cinema / by Hector Fernandez l'Hoeste; title: Humorous affects : romantic comedies in contemporary Mexico / by Ignacio M. Sanchez Prado; title: Who's laughing now? indigenous media and the politics of humor / by Freya Schiwy; title: A sense of humor and society in three Chilean comedies : Taxi para tres, Sexo con amor, and Super, todo Chile adentro / by Juan Poblete.