"This is simply the most significant analysis of contemporary
Mexican cinema to date, and it will make an incalculably important
contribution to the field.... Rashkin's incisive analyses and
brilliant juxtaposition of cultural and socio-political
determinants will become the new standard that other scholars will
seek to emulate." -- Ana M. Lo pez, Associate Professor of Film
Studies and Communication, Tulane University
Women filmmakers in Mexico were rare until the 1980s and 1990s,
when women began to direct feature films in unprecedented numbers.
Their films have won acclaim at home and abroad, and the filmmakers
have become key figures in contemporary Mexican cinema. In this
book, Elissa Rashkin documents how and why women filmmakers have
achieved these successes, as she explores how the women's movement,
film studies programs, governmental film policy, and the
transformation of the intellectual sector since the 1960s have all
affected women's filmmaking in Mexico.
After a historical overview of Mexican women's filmmaking from
the 1930s onward, Rashkin focuses on the work of five contemporary
directors-- Marisa Sistach, Busi Corte s, Guita Schyfter, Mari a
Novaro, and Dana Rotberg. Portraying the filmmakers as
intellectuals participating in the public life of the nation,
Rashkin examines how these directors have addressed questions of
national identity through their films, replacing the patriarchal
images and stereotypes of the classic Mexican cinema with feminist
visions of a democratic and tolerant society.
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