Title Crisis and capitalism in contemporary Argentine cinema / Joanna Page

Published Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations Series e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents Nation, state, and filmmaking in contemporary Argentina -- New Argentine cinema and the production of social knowledge -- Labor, bodies, and circulation -- Crime and capitalism in genre cinema -- Nation, migration, and globalization -- Memory and subjectivity -- The politics of private space Summary There has been a significant boom in recent Argentine cinema, with an explosion in the number of films made in the country since the mid-1990s. Many of these productions have been highly acclaimed by critics in Argentina and internationally. What makes this boom all the more extraordinary is that it has coincided with a period of severe economic crisis and civil unrest in the nation. Offering the first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s, Joanna Page explains how these productions have registered Argentina's experience of capitalism, neo-liberalism, and economic crisis. In different ways, the films selected for discussion testify to the social consequences of growing unemployment, rising crime, marginalization, and the expansion of the informal economy. Page focuses particularly on films associated with New Argentine Cinema, but she also discusses highly experimental films and genre movies borrowing from the conventions of crime thrillers, Westerns, and film noir. She analyzes films that have received wide international recognition alongside others that have rarely been shown outside Argentina Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Motion picture industry -- Argentina Motion pictures -- Argentina ART -- Film & Video. PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference. PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism. Economic history Motion picture industry Motion pictures Film 24.32 history of film art. SUBJECT Argentina -- Economic conditions -- 1983- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007029 Subject Argentina Argentinien Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822390756 0822390752 1282923730 9781282923737 9786612923739 6612923733

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