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Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema
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2012
Summary
Immigration is an important and much-discussed topic throughout the world, and its depiction on screen helps shape the way we perceive this issue. In Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema, Thomas G. Deveny looks at film and immigration with a global perspective, examining emigration and immigration films from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Central America, and the Hispanic Caribbean.
In this volume, Deveny approaches each movie with a close textual analysis, keeping in mind the sociological theories regarding migration, as well as incorporating criticism on the film. Recurring themes, such as the depiction of the “Other,” individual identity, and social and cultural contextualization (stereotypes, rejection, acceptance, and change) are identified and discussed. Films such as Flowers from Another World, Return to Hansala, El Camino, 14 Kilometers, María Full of Grace, and others are carefully studied. Additional chapters analyze films about Colombian “mules” coming to the United States and Uruguayan prostitutes in Spain, and the final chapter examines Al otro Lado (To the Other Side), a film with narratives involving three nationalities and three destinations, thus showing the global nature of the phenomenon.
Through the analyses of immigration and emigration depictions in film, this book enables readers to comprehend the universal nature of migration. Like the films it analyzes, Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema will provide a deeper understanding of people who leave their homeland for a better life.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8504-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8505-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
394
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Ch01. Migration in Spanish Cinema No access Pages 1 - 130
Ch02. Migration in Argentine Cinema No access Pages 131 - 188
Ch03. Migration in Mexican Cinema No access Pages 189 - 250
Ch04. Migration in Films from Central America No access Pages 251 - 266
Ch05. Migration in Films from the Hispanic Caribbean No access Pages 267 - 324
Ch06. The Underbelly of Migration: Trafficking of Drugs and Humans No access Pages 325 - 338
Ch07. Mulitnational Migration in the Hispanic World No access Pages 339 - 344
Ch08. Hispanic Cinema and “Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free” No access Pages 345 - 360
Works Cited No access Pages 361 - 378
Filmography No access Pages 379 - 382
Index No access Pages 383 - 392
About the Author No access Pages 393 - 394
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