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Record Nr.

UNINA9910585974603321

Autore

Kroll Juli A.

Titolo

Body, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin American Cinema: Insurgent Skin / / by Juli A. Kroll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783030845582

9783030845575

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender, , 2662-9372

Disciplina

791.43653

791.4365267

Soggetti

Gender identity in mass media

Motion pictures, American

Media and Gender

Latin American Film and TV

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: The Naked Truth: Body, Gender and Sexuality in Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema -- 2. Lesbian Pathology and Monstrous Maternity in Lucrecia Martel's Salta Trilogy  -- 3. The Lesbian Utopia of Albertina Carri's Las hijas del fuego (2018) -- 4. Non-Binary: Gender Trouble and Intersex Bodies in Latin American Cinema -- 5. The Female Body as Absence: Tempestad by Tatiana Huezo (2016) and Ayer maravilla fui by Gabriel Mariño (2017)  -- 6. Embodied Existence as Resistance: The Transgender Body as Political Protest -- 7. Nudity and Social Protest in Latin America: Artivism's Filmed Effects -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Insurgent Skin: Body, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin American Cinema argues that twenty-first century Latin American cinema about lesbian, feminist, intersex, and transgender themes is revolutionary because it disrupts heteronormative and binary representation and explores new, queer signifying modes. Grounded in feminist and queer theory, Insurgent Skin conjugates film phenomenology and theories of affect and embodiment to analyze a spectrum of Latin American films. The



first chapters explore queer signifying in Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel's Salta trilogy and the lesbian utopia of Albertina Carri's Las hijas del fuego (2018). Next, the book discusses the female body as uncanny absence in Tatiana Huezo's documentary Tempestad (2016), a film about gendered violence in Mexico. Chapter Five focuses on intersex films and the establishing of queer solidarity and an intersex gaze. The last chapter examines transgender embodiment in the Chilean film Una mujer fantástica (2017) and Brazilian documentary Bixa Travesty (2018). Dr. Juli A. Kroll is Professor of Spanish at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, where she also directs the Film Studies program. Dr. Kroll teaches Latin American literature, culture, and film studies. Her research focuses on Latin American cultural production, with emphasis on gender and sexualities.