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...Sarah Sarzynski Foundational Films: Early Cinema and Modernity in Brazil . By Maite Conde . Oakland : University of California Press , 2018 . Photographs. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 306 pp. Paper , $34.95 . Copyright © 2020 by Duke University Press 2020...

...Geoff Burrows Early Puerto Rican Cinema and Nation Building: National Sentiments, Transnational Realities, 1897–1940 . By Naida García-Crespo . Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory . Lewisburg, PA : Bucknell University Press , 2019 . Photographs. Figures. Notes...

... dissects some of the more notable films of the brooding Cinema Novo period and its immediate aftermath, and part 4 discusses various aspects of filmmaking in Brazil. Particularly noteworthy are the discussions surrounding the role of women, the use of music, and the development of specific documentary...

... en las vanguardias de los años veinte del siglo XX y en las de los años sesenta y setenta después. Copyright © 2015 by Duke University Press 2015 Experimental Latin American Cinema: History and Aesthetics . By Tompkins Cynthia . Austin : University of Texas Press , 2013...

...John G. Mraz There is much to commend in Professor Burns’ treatment of Latin American cinema. His focus on neo-colonialism and the revolutionary nationalist response to it as the source of the only worthwhile films being produced in Latin America correctly identifies these films...

...David William Foster Transition Cinema: Political Filmmaking and the Argentine Left since 1968 . By Mor Jessica Stites . Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas . Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press , 2012 . Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . xii , 264...

...Bryan McCann Culture of Class: Radio and Cinema in the Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920-1946 . By Karush Matthew B. . Durham, NC : Duke University Press , 2012 . Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xi , 275 pp. Paper , $23.95 . Copyright 2013 by Duke...

...Gerard Béhague Both publications will prove useful for historical studies of Brazilian popular culture and ultimately for gaining further insights into Brazilian cultural reality. Música popular: teatro & cinema reveals a wealth of information in an area heretofore almost totally...

...Paula Halperin A book that film scholars, historians of Latin America, and students will find stimulating and innovative, Alton's Paradox is a provocative inquiry into the many meanings and definitions of a “national film culture,” the essentially transnational character of cinema...

...Jessica Stites Mor [email protected] World Socialist Cinema: Alliances, Affinities, and Solidarities in the Global Cold War . By Masha Salazkina . Cinema Cultures in Contact . Oakland : University of California Press , 2023 . Photographs. Figures. Notes. Bibliography...

...Matthew B. Karush [email protected] Modernity at the Movies: Cinema-Going in Buenos Aires and Santiago, 1915–1945 . By Camila Gatica Mizala . Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas Series . Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press , 2023 . Photographs. Figures...

...Cecília Roxo Wagley Introdução ao cinema brasileiro . By Viany Alex . Rio de Janeiro , 1959 . Ministério da Educação e Cultura, Instituto National do Livro . Biblioteca de Divulgação Cultural, série B—IV . Illustrations. Index . Pp. 487 . Paper. Copyright 1960 by Duke...

...Graciella Cruz-Taura The Cuban Image: Cinema and Cultural Politics in Cuba . By Chanan Michael . Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 1986 . Map. Illustrations. References. Index . Pp. vi , 314 . Cloth. $35.00 . Paper. $12.95 . Copyright 1987 by Duke University Press...

...Seth Fein Magical Reels: A History of Cinema in Latin America . New ed. By King John . Critical Studies in Latin American and Iberian Cultures . London : Verso , 2000 . Plates. Notes. Bibliography. Index . vi , 314 pp. Paper , $20.00 . Copyright 2002 by Duke University...

...Andrew G. Wood Mexico’s Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers . Edited by Hershfield Joanne and Maciel David R. . Wilmington, Del : Scholarly Resources , 1999 . Photographs, Illustrations. Indexes . xiv , 313 pp. Cloth , $55.00 . Paper , $21.95 . Copyright 2001...

...Nicolau Sevcenko Magical Reels: A History of the Cinema in Latin America . By King John . New York : Verso , 1990 . Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. x , 266 pp. Paper . $15.95 . Copyright 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 This comprehensive account intends...

...David R. Maciel Notwithstanding these observations, Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-1980 is essential reading for all those interested in contemporary cinema or the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Mexico. There are two areas, though, that detract from...

...Leo Barrows The Mexican Cinema: Interviews with Thirteen Directors . By Nevares Beatbiz Reyes . Introduction by Burns E. Bradford . Translated by Gard Elizabeth and Mora Carl J. . Albuquerque , 1976 . The University of New Mexico Press . Illustrations. Bibliography...

... the domestic cinema produced in the years following the introduction of sound film in 1933. In this period, Argentine movies became a major attraction in the barrios of Buenos Aires and beyond, generating powerful images and discourses about class and nation. An examination of these films can help clarify how...

... to soundtracks, Stam shows a constancy in notions of race in films produced by both the Hollywood-like Vera Cruz studios and by the openly anti-U.S. directors of the Cinema Novo. One fascinating discussion surrounds portrayals of sexual relations between black men and white women, creating, as Stam notes...