Dever Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas

From Post-Revolutionary Mexico to fin de siglo Mexamerica
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8665-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 273 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory

Explores issues of representation and rebellion in Mexican and Mexican American cinema.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dever, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue
INTRODUCTION
Of Melodrama and Other Inspirations
Part I: Post-Revolutionary Mexico
1. Re-Birth of a Nation: On Mexican Movies, Museums, and María Félix
2. Las de abajo: Matilde Landeta's Mexican Revolution
3. Pimps, Prostitutes, and Politicos: Matilde Landeta's Trotacalles and the Regime of Miguel Alemán
Part II: Fin de Siglo Mexamérica
4. Neomelodrama as Participatory Ethnography: Allison Anders's Mi vida loca
5. The Last Judgment: Marcela Fernández Violante's Requiem (for) Melodrama
EPILOGUE
Deeds that Inspire Confidence
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Dever is Associate Professor and Chair of Media Arts at the University of New Mexico.