Latin American cinema : a comparative history

Latin American cinema : a comparative history / Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez.

"A comparative history of Latin America's national cinemas over the course of five major periods: silent cinema, studio cinema, neorealism/art cinema, the New Latin American Cinema, and contemporary cinema. Close readings of approximately fifty films illustrate the major aesthetic, economi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schroeder, Paul A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Latin America > History.
Motion picture industry > Latin America > History.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Silent cinema. Conventional silent cinema ; Avant-garde silent cinema
  • Part 2. Studio cinema. Transition to sound ; Birth and growth of an industry ; Crisis and decline of studio cinema
  • Part 3. Neorealism and art cinema. Neorealism and art cinema
  • Part 4. New Latin American cinema. New Latin American cinema's militant phase ; New Latin American cinema's Neobaroque phase
  • Part 5. Contemporary cinema. Collapse and rebirth of an industry ; Latin American cinema in the twenty-first century
  • Conclusion: A triangulated cinema
  • Appendix: Discourses of modernity in Latin America.

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