Fathers, masculinity, and authoritarianism in Latin American cinema / Irina Dzero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dzero, Irina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Latin America--21st century.

Motion pictures.

Authoritarianism in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Through an analysis of twenty-first-century films created in Latin America, this book makes the case that contemporary filmmakers are using the figure of the father as a metaphor for political leadership and that their work reflects a growing rejection of predatory and coercive authority in the region"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The reluctant rapist and the cult of aggressive masculinity in Peru

Arquímedes Puccio and other carceral disciplinarians in Argentina

The patrón: a backslapping predator with a big smile in Mexico

The scold: leadership as emotional abuse in Brazil

The histrion and fatherhood as a stage: Bolívar in Colombia and Venezuela

The profiteer: political freedom becomes consumer freedom in Chile

Conclusion: the clean-shaven father, disfigured, urinated upon, buried alive, and blown up.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 21, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Dzero, Irina. Fathers, masculinity, and authoritarianism in Latin American cinema

ISBN:

9781683405481

168340548X

9781683405405

1683405404

OCLC:

1492585733

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license