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Mexican melodrama : film and nation from the Golden Age to the new wave /

"Mexican Melodrama offers a timely look at critically acclaimed films that serve as key referents in discussions of Mexican cinema. Elena Lahr-Vivaz artfully portrays the dominant conventions of historical and contemporary Mexican cinema, showing how new-wave directors draw from a previous gene...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lahr-Vivaz, Elena (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Motion pictures, Mexican > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > Mexico > History.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures, Mexican.
Mexico.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Summary:"Mexican Melodrama offers a timely look at critically acclaimed films that serve as key referents in discussions of Mexican cinema. Elena Lahr-Vivaz artfully portrays the dominant conventions of historical and contemporary Mexican cinema, showing how new-wave directors draw from a previous generation to produce meaning in the present"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816532513
0816532516