Narco Cinema

Sex, Drugs, and Banda Music in Mexico's B-Filmography
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-50147-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3747 g

Reihe: Latino Pop Culture

This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cinema that, for over forty years, has been instrumental in shaping narco-culture in Mexico and the US borderlands. Identifying classics in its mammoth catalogue and analyzing select films at length, Rashotte outlines the genre's history and aesthetic criteria. He approaches its history as an alternative to mainstream representation of the drug war and considers how its vernacular aesthetic speaks to the anxieties and desires of Latina/o audiences by celebrating regional cultures while exploring the dynamics of global transition. Despite recent federal prohibitions, narco cinema endures as a popular folk art because it reflects distinctively the experiences of those uprooted by the forces of globalization and critiques those forces in ways mainstream cinema has failed.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rashotte, Ryan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Oye, Lecteur 1. What is Narco Cinema? 2. Hecho de coca: A Sentimental Education 3. Two Foul Score of the Brothers Almada 4. Narcas y Narcos 5. and Narco Gays? Postscript: From Culiacán to Cannes

Über Autor(innen)

Ryan Rashotte is an indepedent scholar based in Canada. He received his PhD from the University of Guelph, Canada.