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Despite All Adversities: Spanish-American Queer Cinema

Andrés Lema-Hincapié

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2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

Despite All Adversities examines a representative selection of notable queer films by Spanish America's most important directors since the 1950s. Each chapter focuses on a single film and offers rich and thoughtful new interpretations by a prominent scholar. The book explores films from across the region, including Tomas Gutierrez Alea's and Juan Carlos Tabio's Fresa y chocolate , Marcelo Pineyro's Plata quemada , Barbet Schroeder's La Virgen de los Sicarios , Lucia Puenzo's XXY , Francisco J. Lombardi's No se lo digas a nadie , Arturo Ripstein's El lugar sin limites , among others. A survey of recent lesbian-themed Mexican films is also included.

Pages: 320

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Release: December 01, 2015

ISBN: 1438459114

ISBN 13: 9781438459110

Despite All Adversities: Spanish-American Queer Cinema

Andrés Lema-Hincapié

0/5 ( ratings)

2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

Despite All Adversities examines a representative selection of notable queer films by Spanish America's most important directors since the 1950s. Each chapter focuses on a single film and offers rich and thoughtful new interpretations by a prominent scholar. The book explores films from across the region, including Tomas Gutierrez Alea's and Juan Carlos Tabio's Fresa y chocolate , Marcelo Pineyro's Plata quemada , Barbet Schroeder's La Virgen de los Sicarios , Lucia Puenzo's XXY , Francisco J. Lombardi's No se lo digas a nadie , Arturo Ripstein's El lugar sin limites , among others. A survey of recent lesbian-themed Mexican films is also included.

Pages: 320

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Release: December 01, 2015

ISBN: 1438459114

ISBN 13: 9781438459110

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