Title: Masculinities in contemporary Argentine popular cinema
Description: "Examines contemporary cinematic representations of Argentine masculinities, the social construction of gender, and the financing of domestic film production following Argentina's 1990 change to a neo-liberal economic model"--

"Rocha critically examines contemporary cinematic representations of Argentine masculinities produced after the 1990s when the Argentine state experienced crucial changes that affected both the social construction of gender and the financing of domestic film productions. Theoretically innovative, this study provides detailed analysis of six Argentine blockbusters. Interdisciplinary and written in an engaging style, Masculinities in Contemporary Argentine Popular Cinema is the first scholarly work to link visual representations of heterosexual masculinities to the transformations experienced in Argentine society as it adapted to a neo-liberal economic model"--
Subjects: Motion pictures, History and criticism, Masculinity in motion pictures, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Men in motion pictures, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, Motion pictures, history, Argentina, history, History, PERFORMING ARTS, Film & Video, History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Gender Studies, Men's Studies, ART, Reference, Film theory & criticism, Gender studies: men, Popular culture
Places: Argentina