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Latin American History at the Movies
Edited by Donald F. Stevens
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Movies are meant to be entertaining, but they can also be educational. People are naturally curious to know how much of what they see on their screens might be historically true. In Latin American History at the Movies, experts on Latin America focus on five centuries of history as portrayed in feature films. An introduction on the visual presentation of the past in movies sets the stage for essays that explore sixteen of the best feature films on Latin America made from the 1980s to the present.
About the Author:
Donald F. Stevens is professor emeritus of history at Drexel University. His books include Mexico in the Time of Cholera.
Press Reviews:
I am inspired to create a Latin American film course using this anthology! It’s perfect for the classroom. The excellent selection of films presents a wide range of pressing Latin American issues in provocative ways. This is a unique anthology in which experts in the field of Latin American history analyze and evaluate films in depth with cultural and historical context.
-- Linda A. Curcio, University of Nevada, Reno
I have always thought of Latin America as a big, fat telenovela in which we are all overwrought characters. This book offers a more measured version of it, with Lope de Aguirre, Sor Juana, Che Guevara, and Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero eating popcorn and crying crocodile tears together.
-- Ilan Stavans, Amherst College and author of Talmudic Void: An Interstellar Interpretation
This is much more than a welcome update to Donald Stevens’s first important collection. It is a veritable new volume, with an array of recent films—from Apocalypto to Roma—under scrutiny and filled with essays brimming with insight and analysis. This volume should become a standard reference point for teachers and researchers of Latin American history and film.
-- Raymond Craib, Cornell University
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