Nation, culture and class in Argentine cinema : crisis and representation (1998-2005) / Santiago Oyarzabal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oyarzabal, Santiago, author.

Series:

Colección Támesis. Monografías ; Serie A, 389.

Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías, 389

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Argentina--History.

Motion pictures.

Argentina.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This book engages with representations of social crisis in Argentine fictional cinema between 1998 and 2005, a period when Argentina experienced a deep economic crisis that brought about significant changes in politics, culture, society, and the arts. It focuses on the ways in which cinema interpreted and prepresented both contemprary and long-established issues within national and social discourse, while re-assessing notions of national identity, culture and class. Despite a growing body of scholarship on Argentine film published in English over the last few years, the role of more conventional films aimed at the public at large remains underexplored. By combining close textual analysis of films with the study of their cultural context, this book argues that fictional cinema at large addressed predominantly middle-class audiences, offering both reflective and divergent views on social reality that enriched the cultural arena in which Argentineans could reflect ont heir past, their daily life, and their relationship with the other. In this sense cinema helped Argentine people to learn to live in democracy." -- Back cover

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1855663058

9781855663053

OCLC:

961007987