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Contemporary Peruvian Cinema: History, Identity and Violence on Screen
Sarah Barrow
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Description for Contemporary Peruvian Cinema: History, Identity and Violence on Screen
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 colour illustrations in a 16 page plate section. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; APFA; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
The political violence that erupted towards the end of the twentieth century between the Peruvian state and militant group `Shining Path' left an indelible mark on the country that resonates even today. This study explores representations of the insurgency on screen, and asks what these tell us about the relationship between state, fiction cinema and identity in Peru. In the process, Sarah Barrow highlights the Peruvian experience as a paradigm for the wider study of film-making in societies faced with violence and terrorism. This book provides in-depth analyses of the pivotal films from the 1980s through to the present ... Read more
The political violence that erupted towards the end of the twentieth century between the Peruvian state and militant group `Shining Path' left an indelible mark on the country that resonates even today. This study explores representations of the insurgency on screen, and asks what these tell us about the relationship between state, fiction cinema and identity in Peru. In the process, Sarah Barrow highlights the Peruvian experience as a paradigm for the wider study of film-making in societies faced with violence and terrorism. This book provides in-depth analyses of the pivotal films from the 1980s through to the present ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784538217
SKU
V9781784538217
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About Sarah Barrow
Sarah Barrow is Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. She has published numerous studies of Hispanic film including special issues of journals Transnational Cinemas and New Cinemas. She co-edited The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Films (2015), a major collection of 200 essays on films from all over the world.
Reviews for Contemporary Peruvian Cinema: History, Identity and Violence on Screen
`By examining key films that tackle issues of contemporary violence, Sarah Barrow provides an excellent study of Peruvian cinema's responses to the Shining Path era of the 1990s and 2000s, bringing together sharp cinematic analysis and trauma studies.' - Jeffrey Middents, American University; author of Writing National Cinema: Film Journals and Film Culture in Peru (2009), `Contemporary Peruvian Cinema is ... Read more