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Combining history with discussion of cinema, this book examines how film has portrayed five hundred years of Latin America history. An introduction on the visual presentation of the past sets the stage for essays that explore sixteen of the best feature films on Latin America from the perspective of historians.
List of contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Jaguar Paw's World: Thoughts on Apocalypto and Mesoamerican History
Camilla TownsendChapter 2: Whose Conquest Is This, Anyway?: Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Thomas H. HollowayChapter 3: I, the Worst of All: The Literary Life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Susan Elizabeth RamirezChapter 4: A French Comedy, the Inquisition, Dirty Dancing, and a Sociopath: Hidalgo-La Historia Jamás Contada
Donald F. StevensChapter 5: Passion and Patriarchy in Nineteenth-Century Argentina: María Luisa Bemberg's Camila
Donald F. StevensChapter 6: In Search of a New Ecology: Ciro Guerra's Embrace of the Serpent in the Age of Climate Crisis
Daniel O. MosqueraChapter 7: History, Autobiography, and Truth in Euzhan Palcy's
Rue Cases-Nègres Mohamed KamaraChapter 8: From Gap Year Hijinks to Collectivist Awakenings: Che Guevara's Motorcycle Diaries in Fact and Fiction
Thomas C. Field Jr.Chapter 9: Kidnappings of Diplomats and Revolutionary Politics in Authoritarian Brazil: The Tale of Two Films, Four Days in September and Marighella
James N. GreenChapter 10: "If You Don't Cheat, You'll Face Defeat: La Ley de Herodes, Corruption, and Authoritarianism in Mexico
Jürgen Buchenau and Madison GreenChapter 11: National Politics, Intimate Labor: The Work to Sustain Middle-Class Households in Alfonso Cuarón's Roma
Susie S. PorterChapter 12: "How Historical Are You Trying to Be?": Romero
Kevin ColemanChapter 13: Salvador: Oliver Stone's Odyssey through the First Year of El Salvador's Civil War
Erik ChingChapter 14:
The Dancer Upstairs and the Hunt for Sendero Luminoso's Presidente Gonzalo
Susan Elizabeth RamírezChapter 15: También la Lluvia: Screening Resistance to Columbus and Bolivia's Anti-Neoliberal Water War
Leo J. GarofaloAbout the Contributors
About the author
Donald F. Stevens is professor emeritus of history at Drexel University. His books include Mexico in the Time of Cholera.
Summary
Combining history with discussion of cinema, this book examines how film has portrayed five hundred years of Latin America history. An introduction on the visual presentation of the past sets the stage for essays that explore sixteen of the best feature films on Latin America from the perspective of historians.
