Aesthetics and Politics in the Mexican Film Industry

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00806-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4091 g

Reihe: Studies of the Americas

Evaluating a broad selection of Mexican films produced from the early 1990s to the present, this study examines how production methods, audience demographics, and aesthetic approaches have changed throughout the past two decades and how these changes relate to the country's transitions to a democratic political system and a free-market economy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maclaird, M.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Una época fatal: An Era of Fatality, Tragic Endings, and New Beginnings PART I: THE POLITICS OF TRANSITION 1. Industry and Policy: Privatizing a National Cinema 2. Audiences and Markets: On Spectatorship and Citizenship 3. Censorship and Sensationalism: Neotremendismo autoritario PART II: THE AESTHETICS OF TRANSITION 4. Hyperrealism and Violence: Fatal Aesthetics 5. Independence and Innovation: Indie Film and the Youth Market 6. Coproduction and Transnationalism: National Culture in a Global Marketplace 7. Between Tragedy and Farce: Mexico and Its Cinema Relive History

Über Autor(innen)

Misha MacLaird is an independent writer and film curator specializing in Latin American cinema and audiovisual policy. She received a PhD from Tulane University, USA and has taught courses on Latin American cinema at the University of California, Davis. A native of Oakland, California, she currently resides in Mexico City.