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Screening Cuba
Hector Amaya
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Description for Screening Cuba
paperback. A sophisticated comparison of U.S. and Cuban reactions to Cuban revolutionary films Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJP; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Hector Amaya advances into new territory in Latin American and U.S. cinema studies in this innovative analysis of the differing critical receptions of Cuban film in Cuba and the United States during the Cold War. Synthesizing film reviews, magazine articles, and other primary documents, Screening Cuba compares Cuban and U.S. reactions to four Cuban films: Memories of Underdevelopment, Lucia, One Way or Another, and Portrait of Teresa. In examining cultural production through the lens of the Cold War, Amaya reveals how contrasting interpretations of Cuban and U.S. critics are the result of the political cultures in which they operated. While Cuban ... Read more
Hector Amaya advances into new territory in Latin American and U.S. cinema studies in this innovative analysis of the differing critical receptions of Cuban film in Cuba and the United States during the Cold War. Synthesizing film reviews, magazine articles, and other primary documents, Screening Cuba compares Cuban and U.S. reactions to four Cuban films: Memories of Underdevelopment, Lucia, One Way or Another, and Portrait of Teresa. In examining cultural production through the lens of the Cold War, Amaya reveals how contrasting interpretations of Cuban and U.S. critics are the result of the political cultures in which they operated. While Cuban ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077487
SKU
V9780252077487
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About Hector Amaya
Hector Amaya is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia.
Reviews for Screening Cuba
"Truly groundbreaking. Amaya's provocative and illuminating analysis uses a Cuba-U.S. framework to address film criticism as a way of exercising political citizenship, providing a glimpse into the cultural and political effects of the Cold War."
Ana López, coeditor of The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts “Screening Cuba joins a new generation of writings about Cuban culture and cultural politics. An original ... Read more
Ana López, coeditor of The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts “Screening Cuba joins a new generation of writings about Cuban culture and cultural politics. An original ... Read more