Making Cinelandia: American Films and Mexican Film Culture before the Golden Age PDF
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Making Cinelandia Making C I N E L A N AmericAn Films D And mexicAn Film I culture beFore the Golden AGe A Laura Isabel Serna duke university Press durhAm And london 2014 © 2014 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper ♾ Designed by Heather Hensley Typeset in Minion Pro by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Serna, Laura Isabel Making cinelandia : American films and Mexican film culture before the Golden Age / Laura Isabel Serna. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8223-5641-7 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-8223-5653-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Motion pictures, Mexican—History—20th century. 2. National characteristics, Mexican, in motion pictures. 3. Motion pictures—Mexico— History—20th century. 4. Motion pictures, American—Mexico—History—20th century. i. Title. Pn1993.5.m6s47 2014 791.430972—dc23 2013042800 Frontispiece: People in front of the Cine Progreso Mundial, Mexico City, circa 1920. © (88896), conAcultA.inAh.sinAFo.Fn.méxico. In memory of my paternal grandparents, JoseFA l. sernA (1911–2007) and teodoro “lolo” sernA (1908–1981), and for esmé simonA, with love Asistimos al cine cómo quién no sabe el papel y va a verlo ensayar por profesores El director sabe siempre cómo acabarán las cosas y nosotros deberíamos ya saberlo. —sAlvAdor novo, “cine,” 1925 Un beso is not just a kiss— —FrAncisco x. AlArcón, “un beso is not A kiss,” 2002 CONTENTS xi A Note on Translations and Film Titles xiii Prólogo (Prologue) xv Acknowledgments 1 Introduction PART I THE YANQUI INVASION 19 1. U.S. Motion Picture Companies Go South of the Border 47 2. American Movies, Mexican Modernity: The Cinema as a National Space 85 3. In Lola’s House: Fan Discourse in the Making of Mexican Film Culture PART II BORDER CROSSINGS 123 4. La Virgen and La Pelona: Film Culture, Border Crossing, and the Modern Mexican Woman 154 5. Denigrating Pictures: Censorship and the Politics of U.S. Film in Greater Mexico 180 6. Al Cine: Mexican Migrants Go to the Movies 215 Conclusion 223 Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Sources 225 Notes 279 Bibliography 303 Filmography 309 Index
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