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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Deborah Shaw Klappentext This engaging book explores Latin America cinema since 2000, an extraordinary period of international recognition. Leading specialists consider 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, as well as equally important films that failed to break out on the international circuit. The chapters not only offer textual analysis, but also assess the films' social context and production conditions. Their well-rounded analyses offer 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. 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...
