Title Latin American Writers and the Rise of Hollywood Cinema

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (222 pages) Series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature. Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Lettered City of Angels; 2 Ex Machina: Hollywood, Latin America and the Cinematic Imaginary; 3 Celluloid Border: Mexican Revisions of Early Hollywood; 4 Tropic of Chaplin: Latin American Intellectuals and the Little Tramp; 5 Hollywood Chronicles: Latin American Journalism and the Early Talkies; 6 Imperial Magic: Walt Disney in Latin America, 1930-1945; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary This book analyzes the initial engagement with Hollywood by key Latin American writers, examining the ways in which these writers seized the opportunity to reassert their relevance in the rapidly modernizing public sphere by actively and often subversively mediating encounters between Hollywood and local audiences Notes Print version record Subject Latin American literature -- Film adaptations Latin American literature -- Television adaptations Motion pictures -- Latin America Motion pictures, American -- Latin America Latin American literature Motion pictures Motion pictures, American Latin America Genre/Form Film adaptations Television adaptations Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203894415 0203894413

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