Schaefer Bored to Distraction

Cinema of Excess in End-of-the-Century Mexico and Spain
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8607-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture

Examines how recent Mexican and Spanish films act as untroubling distractions from everyday routines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schaefer, Claudia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. At the Millennium: Boredom Theory and Middle-Class Desires
2. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's La tarea: Not Your Average Afterschool Special
3. How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Danzón and the Myth of Getting Away from It All
4. Amores perros: Throwing Politics to the Dogs
5. Still Just a Dress Rehearsal?: From Archibaldo de la Cruz to Penélope Cruz
6. The Demonic Side of Modernity: Waiting for Satan at the Movies
7. A Few Last Words: Waiting in the Anteroom of the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Claudia Schaefer is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of Rochester and the author of Danger Zones: Homosexuality, National Identity, and Mexican Culture and Textured Lives: Women, Art, and Representation in Modern Mexico.