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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Jarvinen effectively and meticulously undermines common assumptions about Spanish-language films and the transition to sound in this compellingly argued analysis of a largely overlooked body of Hollywood production." -- Colin Gunckel * University of Michigan *
"Transnational cultural history at its best! Jarvinen unearths struggles among racist Hollywood executives, nationalist Latin Americans, and cosmopolitan film crews as they forged a new market for Spanish-language films." -- Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt * University of Maryland, College Park *
"Jarvinen has written a model piece of transnational history and she deserves applause for her smart, cogent examination of an important
yet little-known aspect of film history."
* Journal of American History *
"Jarvinen effectively and meticulously undermines common assumptions about Spanish-language films and the transition to sound in this compellingly argued analysis of a largely overlooked body of Hollywood production." -- Colin Gunckel * University of Michigan *
"Transnational cultural history at its best! Jarvinen unearths struggles among racist Hollywood executives, nationalist Latin Americans, and cosmopolitan film crews as they forged a new market for Spanish-language films." -- Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt * University of Maryland, College Park *
"Jarvinen has written a model piece of transnational history and she deserves applause for her smart, cogent examination of an important
yet little-known aspect of film history."
* Journal of American History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Introduction
1. First Responses to the Challenge of Sound, 1929-1930
2. Hollywood's Spanish Versions, 1930-1931
3. Language Controversies, 1930-1931
4. The Start of National Competition, 1931-1932
5. Modes of Translating Hollywood Films, 1930-1935
6. Fox Film's Prestigious Spanish Productions, 1932-1935
7. Exaggerating the National, 1934-1939
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
