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Film and History in Revolutionary Cuba.

De Gruyter SUNY Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mraz, John.
Series:
SUNY Series in Latin American Cinema Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Motion pictures--Cuba.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures and history.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Albany : State University of New York Press, 2026.
Summary:
An unparalleled in-depth study of Cuban revolutionary cinema.From 1968 to 1976, energized by a postrevolutionary cultural effervescence of which cinema was the prime expression, the Cuban Film Institute made a unique, concerted effort to produce history films and to reflect on the genre.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
History on Film
Historical Cinema and Revolutions
Chapter 1 The Historical Context, 1965-70: The International and National Fronts
The International Front
The National Front
Chapter 2 The Historical Context, 1965-70: Society, Ideology, and History
Conciencia
Women and Revolution
Blacks and Revolution
History and Revolution
Cien años de lucha
Machete Charges and Mambises
The Padilla Affair
Chapter 3 On the Aesthetics and Ideology of History in the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC)
Showing Film as Film
Heroes
Cuban Cineastes Reflect on the Representation of the Past
Anti-imperialism and the Construction of National Identity
Historical Melodramas
Nationalism and Internationalism
ICAIC and the New Latin American Cinema
Uses and Abuses of History
History as Cinematic Art
Realism and Reality
Documentary, Neorealism, the "New Waves," and Imperfect Cinema
A Soviet Influence?
Chapter 4 Memories of Underdevelopment I: Bourgeois Consciousness, Revolutionary Context
Synopsis
The Weight of the Past
Sergio's Sexuality
Credit Sequence
The Formal Complexity of Memories of Underdevelopment
Who is Sergio?
Sergio's Refuge
Sergio and Laura
Identification and Estrangement
Sergio and Elena
Sergio and Noemí
Sergio and Hanna
Sergio's Indecision
Sergio and the Pueblo (the People)
Contradicting Sergio's Point of View
Sergio and the Revolutionary Bureaucrats
Sergio: The Mediocre Hero
Chapter 5 Memories of Underdevelopment II: Film Form, Historical Figures, and Reception
Sergio Corrieri
Mixing Modalities
Documentary Elements
Blacks, Intellectuals, and Underdevelopment
The Hemingway Museum
Sergio and the Petit Bourgeoisie.
The Victory at the Bay of Pigs
Fidel on Television
Sergio and the Missile Crisis
Reception
Chapter 6 Lucía: The History of Cuba in Three Movements
The Portrayal of Women and Revolution
Decolonization and Film Form
Reworking Melodrama
"Lucía 1895"
"Lucía 1932"
"Lucía 196_"
Thinking and Feeling Historically
Chapter 7 Slavery and Cinematic Style
The Other Francisco
Novel and Film
The Last Supper
The Historical Sources
The Supper
History's Body
Historical Research
Black Resistance
The Past and the Present
Film and History
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Index.
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Other Format:
Print version: Mraz, John Film and History in Revolutionary Cuba
ISBN:
9798855808186
OCLC:
1596874809

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