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This book is an authoritative account of the career of Emilio Fernández, (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 Fernández’ most significant films (Enamorada, Rio Escondido, María Candelaria).

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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

Emilio Fernandez Pictures in the Margins Spanish

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 9/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719088445, 978-0719088445
      ISBN10: 0719088445

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is an authoritative account of the career of Emilio Fernández, (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 Fernández’ most significant films (Enamorada, Rio Escondido, María Candelaria).

      Table of Contents

      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

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