Masculinities in contemporary Argentine popular cinema / Carolina Rocha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rocha, Carolina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity in motion pictures.

Men in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Argentina--History.

Motion pictures.

Argentina.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"Examines contemporary cinematic representations of Argentine masculinities, the social construction of gender, and the financing of domestic film production following Argentina's 1990 change to a neo-liberal economic model"-- Provided by publisher.

"Rocha critically examines contemporary cinematic representations of Argentine masculinities produced after the 1990s when the Argentine state experienced crucial changes that affected both the social construction of gender and the financing of domestic film productions. Theoretically innovative, this study provides detailed analysis of six Argentine blockbusters. Interdisciplinary and written in an engaging style, Masculinities in Contemporary Argentine Popular Cinema is the first scholarly work to link visual representations of heterosexual masculinities to the transformations experienced in Argentine society as it adapted to a neo-liberal economic model"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Decentered Men 19

2 Absent and Surrogate Fathers 73

3 Violence and Powerless Judges 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230338180

0230338186

OCLC:

755699195