03898nam 22005415 450 991058597460332120220801071334.09783030845582(electronic bk.)978303084557510.1007/978-3-030-84558-2(MiAaPQ)EBC7068736(Au-PeEL)EBL7068736(CKB)24341817500041(DE-He213)978-3-030-84558-2(EXLCZ)992434181750004120220801d2022 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBody, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin American Cinema: Insurgent Skin /by Juli A. Kroll1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2022.1 online resource (254 pages)Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender,2662-9372Print version: Kroll, Juli A. Body, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin American Cinema: Insurgent Skin Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030845575 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender,2662-9372Gender identity in mass mediaMotion pictures, AmericanMedia and GenderLatin American Film and TVGender identity in mass media.Motion pictures, American.Media and Gender.Latin American Film and TV.791.43653791.4365267Kroll Juli A.1252690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910585974603321Body, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin American Cinema2904306UNINA