Description
Book SynopsisHow and why women filmmakers became key figures in contemporary Mexican cinema.
Trade Review"This is simply the most significant analysis of contemporary Mexican cinema to date, and it will make an incalculably important contribution to the field... Rashkin's incisive analyses and brilliant juxtaposition of cultural and socio-political determinants will become the new standard that other scholars will seek to emulate." -Ana M. Lopez, Associate Professor of Film Studies and Communication, Tulane University "This book provides a comprehensive history of women's filmmaking in Mexico from the beginning of the 20th Century until the mid 1990s... Overall, this is a highly readable, extremely informative text... [that] demonstrates an awareness of relevant national and international debates and makes a significant contribution to the fields of film studies, Latin American cultural studies and women's studies."--Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, October 2002
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: An "Other Cinema"
- Part One: Histories
- 1. Trespassers: Women Directors before 1960
- 2. Student and Feminist Film, 1961-1980
- Part Two: Revisions
- 3. Marisa Sistach: The Other Gaze
- 4. Busi Cortés: Telling Romelia's Secrets
- 5. Guita Schyfter: The Chicken and the Egg
- 6. María Novaro: Exploring the Mythic Nation
- 7. Dana Rotberg: Modernity and Marginality
- Conclusion: Borders and Boundaries of National Cinema
- Annotated Filmography
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
