Feminist Counter-History of Latin American Documentary - Contexts, Processes, and Forms

A Feminist Counter-History of Latin American Documentary provides a new lens through which to revisit the history of the Latin American cinema and proposes three approximations to the study of women's documentary produced between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s.

List of contents

Introduction: A New Perspective on Latin American Documentary Cinema
1. The Construction of Women Workers' Voices
2. Towards a Feminist Cinema
3. Diasporic Women Making First-Person Films
Conclusion: From the Symbolic Value to the Material Preservation

About the author

Lorena Cervera Ferrer is a writer and filmmaker. She works as a Senior Lecturer in Film Production at Bournemouth Film School (Arts University Bournemouth). Previously, she taught at the University of Essex, University College London, the University of Westminster, and University of the Arts London. Lorena holds a PhD in Film Studies from University College London. She has published her research in international journals and edited collections. As a filmmaker, Lorena has worked on several films and has directed three documentaries, Pilas (2019), #PrecarityStory (2020), and Processing Images from Caracas (2023).

Product details

• Authors: Lorena Cervera Ferrer
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032679150
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3267915-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Ethnic Studies, History, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Latin America / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Documentary, Documentary films, Humanities, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Feminism and feminist theory, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1990 to c 1999, c 1980 to c 1989, Film Theory & Criticism, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Film history, theory or criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General