{"product_id":"cinema-between-latin-america-and-los-angeles-origins-to-1960-9781978801257","title":"Cinema between Latin America and Los Angeles:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorically, Los Angeles and its exhibition market have been central to the international success of Latin American cinema. Not only was Los Angeles a site crucial for exhibition of these films, but it became the most important hub in the western hemisphere for the distribution of Spanish language films made for Latin American audiences. \u003ci\u003eCinema between Latin America and Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e builds upon this foundational insight to both examine the considerable, ongoing role that Los Angeles played in the history of Spanish-language cinema and to explore the implications of this transnational dynamic for the study and analysis of Latin American cinema before 1960. The volume editors aim to flesh out the gaps between Hollywood and Latin America, American imperialism and Latin American nationalism in order to produce a more nuanced view of transnational cultural relations in the western hemisphere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Excavating previously marginalized histories of Spanish-language film culture in the United States and painstakingly tracing its transnational connections, the exhaustively researched anthology \u003ci\u003eCinema Between Latin America and Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e embodies the most exciting directions in film and media studies today. The volume’s essays offer rich, fine-grained studies of the local informed by international perspectives, considering the political economy of Spanish-language production and distribution, the forging of film publics, and the cross-pollination between cinema and entertainments like musical theater, popular song, and even contemporary fusions of \u003ci\u003elucha libre\u003c\/i\u003e and performance art. Deftly rendering the complexities of cross-border exchanges and the role of film consumption in shaping social identities, \u003ci\u003eCinema Between Latin America and Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e unearths forgotten but fascinating precursors of today's vibrant Latino and Spanish-language media.\"  -- Rielle Navitski * coeditor of Cosmopolitan Film Cultures in Latin America, 1896-1960 *\u003cbr\u003e\"With essays on previously unstudied production and distribution companies, Mexican producers’ attempts to appeal to U.S. audiences, Spanish-language cinema, Edwin Carewe’s \u003ci\u003eRamona \u003c\/i\u003e(1928), Mexican \u003ci\u003eteatro de revista\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Mayan Theater this volume makes a compelling case for viewing Los Angeles as a crossroads for Latin American (especially Mexican) cinema. The authors’ transnational perspective allows them to trace the history of a film culture shaped by intermediality, migration, and vibrant border crossing entertainment cultures. The essays in this volume offer nothing less than a prehistory of Latino media.\"   -- Laura Isabel Serna * author of Making Cinelandia: American Films and Mexican Film Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCinema between Latin America and Los Angeles: Origins to 1960\u003c\/i\u003e is not just ‘another book about cinema’, but an original, eclectic and to some extent brave contribution to the field. Instead of limiting itself to an audience of film scholars and historians, the book widens its scope to cinema aficionados interested in knowing about the presence and the essence of Spanish- language films up to 1960.\" * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"Excavating previously marginalized histories of Spanish-language film culture in the United States and painstakingly tracing its transnational connections, the exhaustively researched anthology \u003ci\u003eCinema Between Latin America and Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e embodies the most exciting directions in film and media studies today. The volume’s essays offer rich, fine-grained studies of the local informed by international perspectives, considering the political economy of Spanish-language production and distribution, the forging of film publics, and the cross-pollination between cinema and entertainments like musical theater, popular song, and even contemporary fusions of \u003ci\u003elucha libre\u003c\/i\u003e and performance art. Deftly rendering the complexities of cross-border exchanges and the role of film consumption in shaping social identities, \u003ci\u003eCinema Between Latin America and Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e unearths forgotten but fascinating precursors of today's vibrant Latino and Spanish-language media.\"  -- Rielle Navitski * coeditor of Cosmopolitan Film Cultures in Latin America, 1896-1960 *\u003cbr\u003e\"With essays on previously unstudied production and distribution companies, Mexican producers’ attempts to appeal to U.S. audiences, Spanish-language cinema, Edwin Carewe’s \u003ci\u003eRamona \u003c\/i\u003e(1928), Mexican \u003ci\u003eteatro de revista\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Mayan Theater this volume makes a compelling case for viewing Los Angeles as a crossroads for Latin American (especially Mexican) cinema. The authors’ transnational perspective allows them to trace the history of a film culture shaped by intermediality, migration, and vibrant border crossing entertainment cultures. The essays in this volume offer nothing less than a prehistory of Latino media.\"   -- Laura Isabel Serna * author of Making Cinelandia: American Films and Mexican Film Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCinema between Latin America and Los Angeles: Origins to 1960\u003c\/i\u003e is not just ‘another book about cinema’, but an original, eclectic and to some extent brave contribution to the field. Instead of limiting itself to an audience of film scholars and historians, the book widens its scope to cinema aficionados interested in knowing about the presence and the essence of Spanish- language films up to 1960.\" * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction, Colin Gunckel, Jan-Christopher Horak, and Lisa Jarvinen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEl espectáculo: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Culture of the \u003ci\u003erevistas\u003c\/i\u003e in Mexico City and Los Angeles (1900−40), Jacqueline Avila\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRamona in the City: Mexican Los Angeles, Dolores Del Rio, and the Remaking of a Mythic Story, Desirée J. Garcia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlease Sing to Me: The Immigrant Nostalgia that Sparked the Mexican Film Industry, Viviana García Besné and Alistair Tremps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Mass Market for Spanish-language Films: Los Angeles, Hybridity, and the Emergence of Latino Audiovisual Media, Lisa Jarvinen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCantabria Films and the L.A. Film Market, 1938-1940, Jan-Christopher Horak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Cinema between Mexico and Hollywood: What We Can Learn from Adaptations, Remakes, Dubs, Talent Swaps and Other Curiosities, Colin Gunckel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the \u003ci\u003eNUEVO TEATRO MÁXIMO DE LA RAZA\u003c\/i\u003e: Still Thinking, Feeling and Speaking Spanish on and off Screen, Nina Hoechtl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043449831767,"sku":"9781978801257","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781978801257.jpg?v=1750958271","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cinema-between-latin-america-and-los-angeles-origins-to-1960-9781978801257","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}