Cinema of solitude : a critical study of Mexican film, 1967-1983 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berg, Charles Ramírez, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [1992].
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Texas film studies series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Mexicanidad and the movies
  • Mexico in the movies : Mexicanidad and the classical Mexican cinema
  • Collapse, rebirth, commercialization : Mexico and Mexican filmmaking, 1967-1983
  • Women's images, part I : the breakdown of traditional roles
  • Women's images, part II : the feminine revolt--from La Malinche to La Llorona to Frida
  • The male image, part I : El macho and the state
  • The male image, part II : macho in extremis
  • The Indian question
  • Communities, part I : families and neighborhood groups
  • Communities, part II : political and rural groups
  • Flights and hopeful departures : to the city, to the north, to the past
  • Conclusion: Lost in the labyrinth.