Celluloid nationalism and other melodramas : from post-revolutionary Mexico to fin de siglo Mexamérica / Susan Dever.

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Online Access:	Full text (Emerson users only)
Main Author:	Dever, Susan, 1955-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Series:	SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video. SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.
Subjects:	Motion pictures > Mexico > History. Melodrama in motion pictures. Mexican Americans in motion pictures.

Table of Contents:

PART I Post-Revolutionary Mexico
CHAPTER ONE 47
Re-Birth of a Nation: On Mexican Movies, Museums, and Maria Felix
CHAPTER TWO 71
Las de abajo: Matilde Landeta's Mexican Revolution
CHAPTER THREE 95
Pimps, Prostitutes, and Politicos: Matilde Landetas Trotacalles and the Regime of Miguel Aleman
PART II Fin de Siglo Mexamerica
CHAPTER FOUR 125
Neomelodrama as Participatory Ethnography: Allison Anders's Mi vida loca
CHAPTER FIVE 167
The Last Judgment: Marcela Fernindez Violante's Requiem (for) Melodrama
EPILOGUE 195
Deeds that Inspire Confidence.

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