Indigeneity in Latin American cinema / Milton Fernando Gonzalez Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodriguez, Milton Fernando Gonzalez, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples in motion pictures--Latin America.

Indigenous peoples in motion pictures.

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

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Summary:

"By connecting formulations from various disciplines within the humanities and social sciences, Indigeneity in Latin American Cinema critically examines the ways in which indigenous societies are portrayed in Latin American cinema. It reviews how 67 fiction feature films produced between 2000 and 2018, reflect, reinforce, mask or challenge outdated archetypes, and how audiences react to these visual narratives. The underlying notion is that, in spite of important reconfigurations, static conventions of representation still determine the portrayal of indigenous communities in cinema. As the author demonstrates, motion pictures created by local directors seeking to attract the attention of global audiences result in exotifying narratives. The book examines the various strategies deployed to achieve, awe-inspiring cinematic productions that resonate with local and global viewers' preconceptions of what the indigenous entails. The book looks at the contexts in which Latin American films circulate in international festivals and the paradigm shift introduced by Roma (Mexico, 2018). Conclusively, the book provides the foundations of histrionic indigeneity, a theory that explains how overtly histrionic proclivities play a significant role in portrayals of an imagined indigenous Other in recent films."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Basis / Introduction Images and Imagined Identities Perceived Indigeneity

2. Mimesis Figment, Art and Fabrication Cinema and Indigeneity

3. Lexis Accented Inclusion (In)discernible Sounds

4. Metropolis Mexico and Central America South America

5. Axis Intersectional Paradigms Arrayed Figures

6. Catalysis Redrawn Blueprint Syntonic vis-áa-vis Histrionic

7. Synopsis / Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5013-8466-X

9781501384691

1501384694

9781501384684

1501384686

OCLC:

1293234127