This book is an authoritative account of the career of Emilio Fernandez, (1906-1986), one of Mexico's and Latin America's most successful and significant directors. It challenges assumptions about classical Mexican cinema and offers new, detailed textual analyses of Fernandez' most significant films (Enamorada, Rio Escondido, Maria Candelaria). -- .
By:
Dolores Tierney
Series edited by:
Nuria Triana-Toribio,
Andy Willis
Other:
Bethan Hirst
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 254g
ISBN: 9780719088445
ISBN 10: 0719088445
Series: Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 September 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
A / AS level
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1. ‘Poor reception’ and the popular in classical Mexican cinema 2. ‘El Indio’ Fernández, Mexico’s marginalized golden boy and national auteur 3. Calendar María - hybridity, indigenismo and the discourse of whitening 4. Gender, sexuality and the Revolution in Enamorada 5. Gender, sexuality and the Revolution in Salón México, Las abandonadas and Víctimas del pecado 6. Progress, modernity and Fernández’ ‘anti-modernist utopia’: Río Escondido Epilogue: Mexican Cinema and Emilio Fernández post the Golden Age – From Golden Boy to ‘the man in black’ Filmography -- .
Dolores Tierney is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex
