Latin American Melodrama - Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment (Paperback, New)

Like their Hollywood counterparts, Latin American film and TV melodramas have always been popular and highly profitable. The first of its kind, this anthology engages in a serious study of the aesthetics and cultural implications of Latin American melodramas. Written by some of the major figures in Latin American film scholarship, the studies range across seventy years of movies and television within a transnational context, focusing specifically on the period known as the "Golden Age" of melodrama, the impact of classic melodrama on later forms, and more contemporary forms of melodrama. An introductory essay examines current critical and theoretical debates on melodrama and places the essays within the context of Latin American film and media scholarship. Contributors are Luisela Alvaray, Mariana Baltar, Catherine L. Benamou, Marvin D'Lugo, Paula Felix-Didier, Andres Levinson, Gilberto Perez, Darlene J. Sadlier, Cid Vasconcelos, and Ismail Xavier.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	September 2009
Editors:	Darlene J. Sadlier
Introduction by:	Darlene J. Sadlier
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	200
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-07655-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Promotions
LSN:	0-252-07655-9
Barcode:	9780252076558

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