Mexico City in Contemporary Mexican Cinema

Mexico City in Contemporary Mexican Cinema
Author :
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 290
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780292789159
ISBN-13 : 0292789157
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mexico City in Contemporary Mexican Cinema by : David William Foster

Download or read book Mexico City in Contemporary Mexican Cinema written by David William Foster and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as Mexican national life has come to center on the sprawling, dynamic, almost indefinable metropolis of Mexico City, so recent Mexican cinema has focused on the city not merely as a setting for films but almost as a protagonist in its own right, whose conditions both create meaning for and receive meaning from the human lives lived in its midst. Through close readings of fourteen recent critically acclaimed films, this book watches Mexican cinema in this process of producing cultural meaning through its creation, enaction, and interpretation of the idea of Mexico City. David William Foster analyzes how Mexican filmmakers have used Mexico City as a vehicle for exploring such issues as crime, living space, street life, youth culture, political and police corruption, safety hazards, gender roles, and ethnic and social identities. The book is divided into three sections. "Politics of the City" examines the films Rojo amanecer,Novia que te vea,Frida, naturaleza viva, and Sexo, pudor y lágrimas. "Human Geographies" looks at El Callejón de los Milagros,Mecánica nacional,El castillo de la pureza,Todo el poder, and Lolo. "Mapping Gender" discusses Danzón,De noche vienes,Esmeralda,La tarea,Lola, and Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda.


Mexico City in Contemporary Mexican Cinema Related Books

Mexico City in Contemporary Mexican Cinema
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: David William Foster
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-28 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Just as Mexican national life has come to center on the sprawling, dynamic, almost indefinable metropolis of Mexico City, so recent Mexican cinema has focused o
Mexican Cinema
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Carl J. Mora
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-07 - Publisher: McFarland

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Mexican filmmaking is traced from its early beginnings in 1896 to the present in this book. Of particular interest are the great changes from 1990 to 2004: the
Queer Mexico
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Paul Julian Smith
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-16 - Publisher: Wayne State University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Explores the rich and varied LGBT cinema and television of Mexico since the new millennium. Queer Mexico: Cinema and Television since 2000provides critical anal
Women Filmmakers in Mexico
Language: en
Pages: 311
Authors: Elissa Rashkin
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-04-15 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Mexican Screen Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Paul Julian Smith
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-03 - Publisher: Polity

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Mexican cinema is booming today, a decade after the international successes of Amores perros and Y tu mamá también. Mexican films now display a wider range th