About the book
Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas looks at representation and rebellion in times of national uncertainty. Moving from mid-century Mexican cinema to recent films staged in Los Angeles and Mexico City, Susan Dever analyzes melodrama's double function as a genre and as a sensibility, revealing coincidences between movie morals and political pieties in the civic-minded films of Emilio Fernández, Matilde Landeta, Allison Anders, and Marcela Fernández Violante. These filmmakers' rationally and emotionally engaged cinema—offering representations of indigenous peoples and poor urban women who alternately endorsed \"civilizing\" projects and voiced resistance to such totalization—both interrupts and sustains fictions of national coherence in an increasingly transnational world.
Editions of Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791457634
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791457641
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791486658
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Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas looks at representation and rebellion in times of national uncertainty. Moving from mid-century Mexican cinema to recent films staged in Los Angeles and Mexico City, Susan Dever analyzes melodrama's double function as a genre and as a sensibility, revealing coincidences between movie morals and political pieties in the civic-minded films of Emilio Fernández, Matilde Landeta, Allison Anders, and Marcela Fernández Violante. These filmmakers' rationally and emotionally engaged cinema—offering representations of indigenous peoples and poor urban women who alternately endorsed \"civilizing\" projects and voiced resistance to such totalization—both interrupts and sustains fictions of national coherence in an increasingly transnational world.
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What is Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas about?
Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas looks at representation and rebellion in times of national uncertainty. Moving from mid-century Mexican cinema to recent films staged in Los Angeles and Mexico City, Susan Dever analyzes melodrama's double function as a genre and as a sensibility, revealing coincidences between movie morals and political pieties in the civic-minded films of Emilio Fernández, Matilde Landeta, Allison Anders, and Marcela Fernández Violante. These filmmakers' rationally and emotionally engaged cinema—offering representations of indigenous peoples and poor urban women who alternately endorsed \"civilizing\" projects and voiced resistance to such totalization—both interrupts and sustains fictions of national coherence in an increasingly transnational world.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Gender studies, gender groups > Gender studies: women and girls > Feminism and feminist theory
Where can I read a sample of Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780791457634
How long is Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas and how many pages does it have?
Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas has 273 page(s)
Is Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas?
Susan Dever
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791457634) and paperback(ISBN 9780791457641) and pdf(ISBN 9780791486658)
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