Bored to distraction : cinema of excess in end-of-the-century Mexico and Spain / / Claudia Schaefer
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| Autore: |
Schaefer Claudia <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Bored to distraction : cinema of excess in end-of-the-century Mexico and Spain / / Claudia Schaefer
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/0972 |
| Soggetto topico: | Motion pictures - Mexico - History |
| Motion pictures - Spain - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Bored to Distraction""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. At the Millennium""; ""2. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's La Tarea""; ""3. How I Spent My Summer Vacation""; ""4. Amores Perros""; ""5. Still Just a Dress Rehearsal?""; ""6. The Demonic Side of Modernity""; ""7. A Few Last Words""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W"" |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Popular culture in the 1990s, especially cinema, can be considered a showcase for the accumulated hopes and fears of the twentieth century. From the promise of material goods to the profusion of despair, from devastating tragedy to exaggerated rapture, a dizzying array of images assaults the eye. Drawing on recent films from Mexico and Spain, Bored to Distraction navigates this visual terrain, from melodrama to horror, looking for what, if anything, might be excessive enough to rouse us from our comfortable everyday routines. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bored to distraction |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-8607-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811698103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture