Cinema of Solitude : A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983
Cinema of Solitude : A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983

Cinema of Solitude : A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983. Charles Ramairez Berg

Cinema of Solitude : A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983
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Author: Charles Ramairez Berg
Number of Pages: 264 pages
Published Date: 01 Dec 1992
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication Country: Austin, TX, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780292707955
Download Link: Cinema of Solitude A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983
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La crisis, a period of political and economic turmoil in Mexico that began in the late 1960s, spawned a new era in Mexican cinema. Known as el Nuevo Cine (the New Cinema), these films presented alienated characters caught in a painful transition period in which old family, gender, and social roles have ceased to function without being replaced by viable new ones. These are the films explored by Charles Ramirez Berg in Cinema of Solitude, the first book-length critical study of Mexican cinema in English. Berg discusses the major films and filmmakers of el Nuevo Cine in depth. He analyzes dozens of commercial movies, from popular comedies and adventures to award-winning films. Introductory chapters address the issue of mexicanidad (Mexican national identity) and outline Mexican history, the history of film as popular culture and as a leading national industry, and the ideological dynamics of Mexican cinema. In thematically arranged chapters, Berg investigates the images of women, men, and social structures portrayed in New Cinema films. He finds that women characters have begun to reject traditional stereotypes for more positive images, while male characters have grown ambiguous and undefined as machismo is abandoned. Other chapters trace the continuing marginalization of Indians in Mexican culture, the changes in male dominance within the family, and the disruptive social and economic effects caused by migration. For everyone interested in Mexican culture as reflected in its major cinematic productions, as well as students of film theory and national cinemas, this book will be important reading.

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