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A sophisticated comparison of U.S. and Cuban reactions to Cuban revolutionary films

Trade Review
"Truly groundbreaking. Amaya's provocative and illuminating analysis uses a Cuba-U.S. framework to address film criticism as a way of exercising political citizenship, providing a glimpse into the cultural and political effects of the Cold War."--Ana López, coeditor of The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts
“Screening Cuba joins a new generation of writings about Cuban culture and cultural politics. An original contribution to cinema reception studies."--Michael Chanan, author of Cuban Cinema

"[A] clearly organized, well-written comparative study. . . . Recommended."--Choice




Table of Contents
CoverTitle PageCopyrightTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Staging Film Criticism: The Cuban and American Historical and Political Backgrounds1. Cuban Culture, Institutions, Policies, and Citizens2. The Cuban Revolutionary Hermeneutics: Criticism and Citizenship3. The U.S. Field of Culture4. U.S. Criticism, Dissent, and HermeneuticsPart II: Performing Film Criticism5. Memories of Underdevelopment6. Lucia7. One Way or Another8. Portrait of TeresaConclusion: Film Criticism in Cuba and the United StatesNotesBibliographyIndex

Screening Cuba

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 17 September 2010
      ISBN-13 9780252077487
      978-0252077487
      ISBN-10 0252077482
      Also in:
      Film history, theory or criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A sophisticated comparison of U.S. and Cuban reactions to Cuban revolutionary films

      Trade Review
      "Truly groundbreaking. Amaya's provocative and illuminating analysis uses a Cuba-U.S. framework to address film criticism as a way of exercising political citizenship, providing a glimpse into the cultural and political effects of the Cold War."--Ana López, coeditor of The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts
      “Screening Cuba joins a new generation of writings about Cuban culture and cultural politics. An original contribution to cinema reception studies."--Michael Chanan, author of Cuban Cinema

      "[A] clearly organized, well-written comparative study. . . . Recommended."--Choice




      Table of Contents
      CoverTitle PageCopyrightTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Staging Film Criticism: The Cuban and American Historical and Political Backgrounds1. Cuban Culture, Institutions, Policies, and Citizens2. The Cuban Revolutionary Hermeneutics: Criticism and Citizenship3. The U.S. Field of Culture4. U.S. Criticism, Dissent, and HermeneuticsPart II: Performing Film Criticism5. Memories of Underdevelopment6. Lucia7. One Way or Another8. Portrait of TeresaConclusion: Film Criticism in Cuba and the United StatesNotesBibliographyIndex

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