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Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema

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Description for Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema Paperback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
There has been a significant surge in recent Argentine cinema, with an explosion in the number of films made in the country since the mid-1990s. Many of these productions have been highly acclaimed by critics in Argentina and elsewhere. What makes this boom all the more extraordinary is its coinciding with a period of severe economic crisis and civil unrest in the nation. Offering the first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first, Joanna Page explains how these productions have registered Argentina’s experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. In different ways, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822344728
SKU
V9780822344728
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About Joanna Page
Joanna Page is a lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Cambridge.

Reviews for Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema
“This book is likely to become required reading for students of Latin American films, and of interest to anyone concerned with debates of globalization, nationhood, film theory, and memory studies.” - Violeta Politoff, Screening the Past “Page’s work announces a bold and fresh theorizing of Argentine cinematic culture as an object worthy of its international fame and recognizes the many ... Read more

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