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Latinx Ciné in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama
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Today’s Latinx motion pictures are built on the struggles—and victories—of prior decades. Earlier filmmakers threw open doors and cleared new paths for those of the twenty-first century to willfully reconstruct Latinx epics as well as the daily tragedies and triumphs of Latinx lives.
Twenty-first-century Latinx film offers much to celebrate, but as noted pop culture critic Frederick Luis Aldama writes, there’s still room to be purposefully critical. In Latinx Ciné in the Twenty-First Century contributors offer groundbreaking scholarship that does both, bringing together a comprehensive presentation of contemporary film and filmmakers from all corners of Latinx culture.
The book’s seven sections cover production techniques and evolving genres, profile those behind and in front of the camera, and explore the distribution and consumption of contemporary Latinx films. Chapters delve into issues that are timely, relevant, and influential, including representation or the lack thereof, identity and stereotypes, hybridity, immigration and detention, historical recuperation, and historical amnesia.
With its capacious range and depth of vision, this timeless volume of cutting-edge scholarship blazes new paths in understanding the full complexities of twenty-first century Latinx filmmaking.
Contributors:
Iván Eusebio Aguirre Darancou, Frederick Luis Aldama, Juan J. Alonzo, Lee Bebout, Debra A. Castillo, Nikolina Dobreva, Paul Espinosa, Mauricio Espinoza, Camilla Fojas, Rosa-Linda Fregoso, Desirée J. Garcia, Enrique García, Clarissa Goldsmith, Matthew David Goodwin, Monica Hanna, Sara Veronica Hinojos, Carlos Gabriel Kelly, Jennifer M. Lozano, Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez, J. V. Miranda, Valentina Montero Román, Danielle Alexis Orozco, Henry Puente, John D. “Rio” Riofrio, Richard T. Rodríguez, Ariana Ruiz, Samuale Saldívar III, Jorge Santos, Rebecca A. Sheehan
About the Author:
Frederick Luis Aldama is the Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English, University Distinguished Scholar, and University Distinguished Teacher at The Ohio State University. He is the author, co-author, and editor of thirty-six books, including Long Stories Cut Short and the Eisner Award–winner Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics.
Press Reviews:
"(Latinx Ciné in the twenty-first century) is a tour-de-force in Latinx-Brown film studies, unswervingly challenging, countering, deconstructing, irrupting and disrupting the conscious and contrived Latinx xenophobic and maligned racism, sexism, classism, and cultural invisibility promoted in the Trump era of political expediency and moral despondency."—Theodoric Manley, Ethnic and Racial Studies
"An engaging collection that demonstrates both the advances Latinx filmmaking has made in the 2000s, and the acumen of the scholars who appraise them."—Ryan Rashotte, author of Narco Cinema
"A unique volume with enormous range. [It] presents a stunning depth and variety of filmmakers and screen products from all corners of Latinx culture."—María Acosta Cruz, author of Dream Nation
See the publisher website: University of Arizona Press
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