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Screening Minors in Latin American Cinema is the first volume to
delve into the construction of children's subjectivity and agency
in Latin American film, and addresses such questions as: How and to
what extent do films express the point of view of the child? How do
plots and film practices represent children s subjectivity and
agency? Childhood studies has demonstrated the importance of
examining the lives of children. Building on those insights,
together with current research from film studies and Latin American
cultural studies, the essays in this volume analyze the development
of agency and voices of minors in contemporary Latin American film.
The theoretical perspectives used gender studies, psychoanalytic
and postcolonial theory, film studies, play and performance
studies, and emotion studies, among others take into account
innovative approaches to filmic techniques as they explore the
varied representations of children."
This volume examines some of the ways that Brazil has been
represented and seeks to represent itself in popular media. It
looks at social inequalities, racial divisions, and legacies of
political restructuring as it illuminates the challenges and
opportunities that the nation faces at present and going into
preparations for and recovery from the upcoming mega events, both
the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Drawing on the
expertise of scholars in the fields of film and media studies,
political science, social movement analysis, and cultural studies
this volume features chapters examining the role of stereotyped
Brazilian identity and myths of what it means to be Brazilian, the
growing interest in favela-slum-culture, and sites of resistance in
contemporary Brazilian society.
Screening Minors in Latin American Cinema is the first volume to
delve into the construction of children's subjectivity and agency
in Latin American film, and addresses such questions as: How and to
what extent do films express the point of view of the child? How do
plots and film practices represent children's subjectivity and
agency? Childhood studies has demonstrated the importance of
examining the lives of children. Building on those insights,
together with current research from film studies and Latin American
cultural studies, the essays in this volume analyze the development
of agency and voices of minors in contemporary Latin American film.
The theoretical perspectives used-gender studies, psychoanalytic
and postcolonial theory, film studies, play and performance
studies, and emotion studies, among others-take into account
innovative approaches to filmic techniques as they explore the
varied representations of children.
This volume examines some of the ways that Brazil has been
represented and seeks to represent itself in popular media. It
looks at social inequalities, racial divisions, and legacies of
political restructuring as it illuminates the challenges and
opportunities that the nation faces at present and going into
preparations for and recovery from the upcoming mega events, both
the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Drawing on the
expertise of scholars in the fields of film and media studies,
political science, social movement analysis, and cultural studies
this volume features chapters examining the role of stereotyped
Brazilian identity and myths of what it means to be Brazilian, the
growing interest in favela slum culture, and sites of resistance in
contemporary Brazilian society."
Modern Argentine Masculinities gathers essays that explore the
social construction of gender from the nineteenth century to the
present. Authors analyze literary and cinematic texts, as well as
contemporary popular songs, and offer a wide-ranging picture of the
performance of masculinity as it has evolved and adapted since the
consolidation of Argentina as a modern nation. This captivating
interdisciplinary volume sheds new light on the construction of
heterosexual and queer Argentine masculinities.
Contemporary Latin American Cinema investigates the ways in which
neoliberal measures of privatization, de-regularization and
austerity introduced in Latin America during the 1990s have
impacted film production and film narratives. The collection
examines the relationship between economic policies and the films
that depict recent transformations in many Latin American
countries, demonstrating how contemporary Latin American film has
not only criticized and resisted, but also benefitted from
neoliberal advancements. Based on films produced in Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru since
2010, the fourteen case studies illustrate neoliberalism's effects,
from big industries to small national cinemas. It also shows the
new types of producers that have emerged, and the novel patterns of
distribution, exhibition and consumption that shape and influence
the Latin American filmscape. Through industry studies, reception
analyses and close readings, this book establishes an informative
and accessible text for scholars and students alike.
This collection focuses on children and adolescents in Latin
American and Spanish cinema from 1960 to the present as witnesses
and objects of the spectatorial gaze. The carefully chosen essays
survey the representation of the past and the definition of gender
and class identity as experienced by young protagonists in films.
This volume offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of
Latin American and Spanish film as well as gender studies. Some of
the questions addressed in this collection are: what do children
and adolescents in Latin American and Spanish film see and how are
they seen?
Interdisciplinary and engaging, Masculinities in Contemporary
Argentine Popular Cinema is the first scholarly work to link visual
representations of heterosexual masculinities to the neo-liberal
transformations in Argentina. Rocha critically examines
contemporary cinematic representations of Argentine masculinities
produced after the crucial changes of the 1990s affected both the
social construction of gender and the financing of domestic film
productions. Theoretically innovative, this study provides detailed
analysis of six Argentine blockbusters.
This anthology explores the role of children and teenagers in Latin
American and Spanish Film as protagonists, victims and witnesses of
societies polarized by and still grappling with the consequences of
political divisions.
Why has violence been a predominant topic in contemporary Argentine
film and literature? What conclusions can be drawn from the
dissemination of violent images and narratives that depict violence
in Argentina? In Argentina, the problem of violence is rooted in
the country's long experience with authoritarian rule as well as in
more recent trends such as the weakening of the state and the rule
of law brought about by neoliberal reforms. The eleven essays that
make up Violence in Argentine Literature and Film (1989-2005) seek
to interpret and analyze the extent to which violence communicates
structural inequalities or lines of fissure in contemporary
Argentina resulting from the transformations that the state, the
economy, and society in general have experienced during the past
two decades. Applying a variety of critical approaches, the
contributors explore violence in Argentine cultural productions as
it relates to four broad themes: the body as site of physical
violence, the legacies of Argentina's authoritarian past, the
collapse of the myth of the Argentine nation, and the current
battles over how to define particular "social and geographical
places" in the context of an increasingly violent society.
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