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The politics of affect and emotion in contemporary Latin American cinema : Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico / Laura Podalsky.

Title
The politics of affect and emotion in contemporary Latin American cinema : Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico / Laura Podalsky.
Author
Podalsky, Laura, 1964-
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Description
x, 218 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"This book explores the role of emotion and affect in recent Latin American cinemas (1990s-2000s) in the context of larger public debates about past traumas and current anxieties. To address this topic, it examines some of the most significant trends in contemporary Latin American filmmaking, including the emergence of the thriller as a preferred genre to address the legacies of the 1960s and 1970s; the rise of "youth" films about globally-connected and disaffected young adults; and the proliferation of transnational productions by "traveling" filmmakers that encourage audiences to feel for "others." The book features close textual analysis of individual films from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico; as well as commentary on the changing structure of Latin American film industries. It frames those analyses within a discussion of recent critical and theoretical debates about affect, sentimentalism and compassion, particularly as they relate to film"--
Subject
  • 1900-2099
  • PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
  • Motion pictures > Political aspects > Latin America
  • Motion pictures > Social aspects > Latin America
  • Motion pictures > Latin America > History > 20th century
  • Motion pictures > Latin America > History > 21st century
  • Film
  • Gefühl
  • Historisches Ereignis
  • Kulturwandel
  • Motion pictures > Political aspects
  • Motion pictures > Social aspects
  • Motion pictures
  • Politik
  • Sozialer Wandel
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Of passion, aesthetics, and politics : rethinking the New Latin American cinema and beyond -- Thrilling histories : replaying the past in genre films -- Affecting legacies and contemporary structures of feeling -- Alien/nation : contemporary youth in film -- Migrant feelings : global networks and transnational affective communities.
ISBN
  • 9780230109551 (hardback)
  • 0230109551 (hardback)
LCCN
^^2011005257
OCLC
670481136
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library