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Informationen zum Autor Deborah Shaw is senior lecturer in film studies at Portsmouth University. Klappentext This engaging book explores some of the most significant films to emerge from Latin America since 2000, an extraordinary period of international recognition for the region's cinema. Each chapter assesses an individual film, with some contributors considering the reasons for the unprecedented commercial and critical successes of movies such as City of God, The Motorcycle Diaries, Y tu mamá también, and Nine Queens, while others examine why equally important films failed to break out on the international circuit.Written by leading specialists, the chapters not only offer textual analysis, but also trace the films' social context and production conditions, as well as critical national and transnational issues. Their well-rounded analyses provide a rich picture of the state of contemporary filmmaking in a range of Latin American countries. Nuanced and thought-provoking, the readings in this book will provide invaluable interpretations for students and scholars of Latin American film.Contributions by: Sarah Barrow, Nuala Finnegan, David William Foster, Miraim Haddu, Geoffrey Kantaris, Deborah Shaw, Lisa Shaw, Rob Stone, Else R. P. Vieira, and Claire Williams. Zusammenfassung Explores Latin America cinema! considering the reasons for the commercial and critical successes of movies such as "City of God"! "The Motorcycle Diaries"! "Y Tu Mam TambiZn!" and "Nine Queens"! as well as other films that failed to break out on the international circuit. This book is intended for the students and scholars of Latin American film. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Latin Amercan Cinema Today: A Qualified Success StoryChapter 1: Los diarios de motocicleta as Pan-American TravelogueChapter 2: "So What's Mexico Really Like?": Framing the Local, Negotiating the Global in Alfonso Cuarón's Y tu mamá tambiénChapter 3: Cidade de Deus: Challenges to Hollywood, Steps to The Constant GardenerChapter 4: Playing Hollywood at Its Own Game? Bielinski's Nueve reinasChapter 5: Afro-Brazilian Identity, Malandragem and Homosexuality in Madame SatãChapter 6: Family Romance and Pathetic Rhetoric in Marcelo Piñeyro's KamchatkaChapter 7: Soapsuds and Histrionics: Media, History, and Nation in Bolívar soy yoChapter 8: Killing Time in Cuba: Juan Carlos Tabío's Lista de esperaChapter 9: The Power of Looking: Politics and the Gaze in Salvador Carrasco's La Otra ConquistaChapter 10: Peruvian Cinema and the Struggle for International Recognition: Case Study on El Destino no tiene favoritos...
