Visual Synergies in Fiction and Documentary Film from Latin America (Studies of the Americas)

272 Pages·2009·1.89 MB·English

by  Miriam Haddu

STUDIES OF THE AMERICAS
edited by
James Dunkerley
Institute for the Study of the Americas
University of London
School of Advanced Study
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The Role of Mexico’s Plural in Latin American Literary and Political Culture: From Tlatelolco
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Faith and Impiety in Revolutionary Mexico
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Reinventing Modernity in Latin America: Intellectuals Imagine the Future, 1900–1930
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The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration: Responding to Globalization in the
Americas
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Ronald Reagan and the 1980s: Perceptions, Policies, Legacies
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Wellbeing and Development in Peru: Local and Universal Views Confronted
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vISUAL SYNERGIES IN FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY FILM FROM
LATIN AMERICA
Copyright © Miriam Haddu and Joanna Page, 2009.
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Part III Crossing Borders, Crossing Genres
6 Cofralandes: A Formative Space for Chilean Identity 87
Alejandra Rodríguez-Remedi
7 A unt Juana’s Shop, or Reality as Metaphor, in María Novaro’s
El jardín del Edén 105
Maximiliano Maza Pérez
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vi CONTENTS
8 Mockumentary as Post-nationalism: National Identity in
A Day without a Mexican by Sergio Arau 119
Armida De la Garza
Part IV Performance and Reflexivity in
the Contemporary Documentary
9 Between Image and Word: Minority Discourses and Community
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megacities. He has published articles in Nuevo texto crítico, Journal of Latin Co
American Cultural Studies, Hispanic Issues, and Intermédialités.
Mariana A. C. da Cunha teaches Brazilian Portuguese Language and
Culture at Queen Mary, University of London. She has an MA in Cultural
and Critical Studies from Birkbeck College, University of London, and is
now developing a PhD thesis at the same institution, specializing in the rep-
resentation of migration and landscape in contemporary Brazilian cinema.
She is also a freelance Film Programmer for the Discovering Latin America
Film Festival in London.
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