Latin American Writers and the Rise of Hollywood Cinema

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de Jason Borge

Type

Etudes

Sujet

Sociologie

Mots Clés

Américains d'origine latine, histoire du cinéma

Année d'édition

2010

Editeur

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

1ere édition

2008

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Broché • 222 pages
16 x 24 cm

ISBN

978-0-415-88396-2

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Description de l'ouvrage :
This book analyzes the initial engagement with Hollywood by key Latin American writers and intellectuals during the first few decades of the 20th century. The film metropolis presented an ambiguous, multivalent sign for established figures like Horacio Quiroga, Alejo Carpentier and Mário de Andrade, as well as less renowned writers like the Mexican Carlos Noriega Hope, the Chilean Vera Zouroff and the Cuban Guillermo Villarronda. Hollywood’s arrival on the scene placed such writers in a bind, as many felt compelled to emulate the "artistry" of a medium dominated by a nation posing a symbolic affront to Latin American cultural and linguistic autonomy as well as the region’s geopolitical sovereignty. The film industry thus occupied a crucial site of conflict and reconciliation between aesthetics and politics.

À propos de l'auteur :
Jason Borge is currently an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Vanderbilt University, where he teaches courses on Latin American literature, cultural studies and film. His previous publications include Avances de Hollywood: crítica cinematográfica en Latinoamérica, 1915-1945 (Hollywood Advances: Latin American Film Criticism, 1915-1945), Beatriz Viterbo, 2005.

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