The Rise of Central American Film in the Twenty-First Century (eBook)

Mauricio Espinoza, Jared List (Herausgeber)

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2023
344 Seiten
University of Florida Press (Verlag)
978-1-68340-395-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Howan overlooked film industry became a cinematic forceThe first book in English dedicated to thestudy of Central American film, this volume explores the main trends, genres,and themes that define this emerging industry. The seven nations of the regionhave seen an unprecedented growth in film production during the twenty-first centurywith the creation of over 200 feature-length films compared with just one inthe 1990s. This volume provides a needed overview of one of the least exploredcinemas in the world. In these essays, various scholars of film and cultural studies fromaround the world provide insights into the continuities and discontinuities betweentwentieth- and twenty-first-century cinematic production on the Isthmus. They discusshow political, social, and environmental factors, along with new production modesand aesthetics, have led to a corpus of films that delve into issues of thepast and present such as postwar memory, failed revolutions, trauma, migration,popular culture, minority populations, and gender disparities. From Salvadoran documentaries to Costa Rican comedies and Panamaniansports films, the movies analyzed here demonstrate the regions flourishingfilm industry and the diversity of approaches found within it. The Rise of CentralAmerican Film in the Twenty-First Century pays homage to an overlookedcultural phenomenon and shows the importance of regional cinema studies.Contributors: Liz Harvey-Kattou |Daniela Granja Nez | Carolina Sanabria | Juan Carlos Rodrguez | MaraLourdes Corts | Jlia Gonzlez de Canales Carcereny | Arno Jacob Argueta |Toms Arce Mairena | Dr. Mauricio Espinoza | Lilia Garca Torres | Dr. JaredList | Patricia Arroyo Caldern | Esteban E. Loustaunau | Hctor FernndezL'Hoeste | Juan Pablo Gmez Lacayo | Jennifer Carolina Gmez MenjvarA volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture inLatin/o America, edited by Hctor Fernndez LHoeste and Juan Carlos Rodrguez Publication of this work made possible by aSustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from theNational Endowment for the Humanities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.8.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 7 b/w illus., notes, bibliography, index
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Abner Benaim • Carolina Borrero • Central American film • Children of the Diaspora • Costa Rica • Costumbrismo • Documentary Film • El Salvador • film festivals • filmmakers • Film Studies • Gender • Gloria Carrión • Guatemala • Heredera del viento • Historias del Canal • Honduras • invasión • Julio Hernández Cordón • La jaula de oro • Latin American Cinema • La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas • Luis Franco Brantley • Marcela Zamora • memory films • Mercedes Moncada • Mexican Cinema • Migration • national histories • Nicaragua • Panama • Panamanian Film • Pinki Mon • Pituka Ortega-Heilbron • popular culture • post-war films • Sandinista revolution • Sin Nombre • Tatiana Huezo
• ISBN-10: 1-68340-395-9 / 1683403959
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68340-395-1 / 9781683403951