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David William Foster - Queer Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema - 9780292705371 - V9780292705371
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Queer Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema

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Description for Queer Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema Paperback. Offers the readings of fourteen key films to demonstrate how these cultural products promote the principles of an antiheterosexist stance. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 499.

Viewing contemporary Latin American films through the lens of queer studies reveals that many filmmakers are exploring issues of gender identity and sexual difference, as well as the homophobia that attempts to defeat any challenge to the heterosexual norms of patriarchal culture. In this study of queer issues in Latin American cinema, David William Foster offers highly perceptive queer readings of fourteen key films to demonstrate how these cultural products promote the principles of an antiheterosexist stance while they simultaneously disclose how homophobia enforces the norms of heterosexuality.

Foster examines each film in terms of the ideology of ... Read more

The films discussed in this book are:

  • De eso no se habla (I Don't Want to Talk about It)
  • El lugar sin límites (The Place without Limits)
  • Aqueles dois (Those Two)
  • Convivencia (Living Together)
  • Conducta impropia (Improper Conduct)
  • The Disappearance of García Lorca
  • La Virgen de los Sicarios (Our Lady of the Assassins)
  • Doña Herlinda y su hijo (Doña Herlinda and Her Son)
  • No se lo digas a nadie (Don't Tell Anyone)
  • En el paraíso no existe el dolor (There Is No Suffering in Paradise)
  • A intrusa (The Interloper)
  • Plata quemada (Burnt Money)
  • Afrodita (Aphrodite)
  • Fresa y chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate)
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292705371
SKU
V9780292705371
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About David William Foster
David William Foster is Regents’ Professor of Spanish, Interdisciplinary Humanities, and Women’s Studies at Arizona State University.

Reviews for Queer Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema
"Professor Foster clearly and insightfully articulates the ways in which well-known contemporary Latin American films create and negotiate meanings of gender identity and homoerotic desire within their sociopolitical contexts... In sum, this is a very interesting queer reading of some of the most important contemporary Latin American films." Emilio Bejel, Professor of Spanish American Literature, University of Colorado-Boulder, and author ... Read more

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