Making Cinelandia: American Films and Mexican Film Culture before the Golden Age
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In the 1920s, as American films came to dominate Mexico's cinemas, many of its cultural and political elites feared that this "Yanqui invasion" would turn Mexico into a cultural vassal of the United States. In Making Cinelandia, Laura Isabel Serna contends that Hollywood films were not simply tools of cultural imperialism. Instead, they offered Mexicans on both sides of the border an imaginative and crucial means of participating in...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822356538
ISBN13:9780822356530
Release Date:March 2014
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"
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