Despite all adversities : Spanish-American adversities queer cinema / edited by Andrés Lema-Hincapié and Debra A. Castillo ; contributors, Daniel Balderston [and fifteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lema-Hincapié, Andrés, editor.

Castillo, Debra A., editor.

Balderston, Daniel, contributor.

Series:

Genders in the global south.

SUNY series, Genders in the Global South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans in the motion picture industry.

Homosexuality in motion pictures.

Gay people in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

examines a representative selection of notable queer films by Spanish America's most important directors since the 1950s. Each chapter focuses on a single film and offers rich and thoughtful new interpretations by a prominent scholar. The book explores films from across the region. A survey of recent lesbian-themed Mexican films is also included.

Contents:

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Meeting the Macho

LGBTQ in Latin America

About this Book

Appendix: Further Readings

Notes

Part I: Queer Subjectivity, Desire, and Eroticism

1. Queer Couples in Seaora de Nadie (María Luisa Bemberg, 1982)

2. Fresa y chocolate: The Allure of Passions and Controversies (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, 1993)

3. A Gaynster Quasi-Tragedy: Eroticism and Secrets in Plata quemada (Marcelo Piñeyro, 2000) Greek Tragedy and the Reviews

4. Pathology, Poetry, and Pleasure: HIV/AIDS, Confessional Writing, and S/M in Un año sin amor (Anahí Berneri, 2005)

Part II: Gay Authorship-Queer Agency and Spectatorship

5. La venganza del sexo: The Curious Mutation from Horror Fantasy into Sexploitation Film (Emilio Vieyra, 1967)

6. Inside-Out: A Socio-Spatial Reading of Mecanicas celestes (Fina Torres, 1995)

7. La Virgen de los Sicarios: From Novel to Film (Barbet Schroeder, 2000) Notes

8. A Case Study in Transnational Gay Auteurism: Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor (Julián Hernández, 2004)

9. Haunted: XXY (Lucía Puenzo, 2007)

Part III: Bisexuality Experiences and Lesbian Identities

10. Excluded Middle? Bisexuality in Doña Herlinda y su hijo (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1984)

11. The Construction of the Bisexual Subject in No se lo digas a nadie (Francisco Lombardi, 1998)

12. Lesbians Made in Mexico: Sexual Diversity and Transnational Fluxes

Part IV: Queer Relations with Families

13. Clothes Make the Man: Closet, Cabaret, Cinema in El lugar sin límites (Arturo Ripstein, 1977)

14. Families, Landowners, Servants, and Siblings in La ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

15. Mapping Guilt, Betrayal, and Redemption: En la ciudad sin límites (Antonio Hernández, 2002)

16. Ronda nocturna: A Homage to Buenos Aires (Edgardo Cozarinsky

Contributors

Indexes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version.

ISBN:

9781438459127

1438459122

OCLC:

927103778