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Mexican Screen Fiction: Between Cinema and Television
Paul J. Smith
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Description for Mexican Screen Fiction: Between Cinema and Television
Paperback. Mexican cinema is booming today, a decade after the international successes of Amores perros and Y tu mama tambien. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APF; APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
Mexican cinema is booming today, a decade after the international successes of Amores perros and Y tu mamá también. Mexican films now display a wider range than any comparable country, from art films to popular genre movies, and boasting internationally renowned directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Guillermo del Toro. At the same time, television has broadened its output, moving beyond telenovelas to produce higher-value series and mini-series. Mexican TV now stakes a claim to being the most dynamic and pervasive national narrative.
This new book by Paul Julian Smith is the first to examine ... Read more
Mexican cinema is booming today, a decade after the international successes of Amores perros and Y tu mamá también. Mexican films now display a wider range than any comparable country, from art films to popular genre movies, and boasting internationally renowned directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Guillermo del Toro. At the same time, television has broadened its output, moving beyond telenovelas to produce higher-value series and mini-series. Mexican TV now stakes a claim to being the most dynamic and pervasive national narrative.
This new book by Paul Julian Smith is the first to examine ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745680798
SKU
V9780745680798
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About Paul J. Smith
Paul Julian Smith is Distinguished Professor in the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Program at the Graduate Center in City University of New York.
Reviews for Mexican Screen Fiction: Between Cinema and Television
''Combining insightful readings of key films with social science approaches to issues of production, distribution, exhibition and audience response, Paul Julian Smith’s Mexican Screen Fiction ventures beyond the boundaries of traditional film studies to offer a probing and wide ranging study of Mexico’s dynamic audiovisual sector.'' Kathleen Vernon, Stony Brook University ''With his latest book, Paul Julian ... Read more