Contemporary Latin American cinema : resisting neoliberalism? / Claudia Sandberg, Carolina Rocha, editors.

Contemporary Latin American cinema : resisting neoliberalism? / Claudia Sandberg, Carolina Rocha, editors.

9783319770093
3319770098

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

©2018

English

xix, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

791.43098 C761 2018

(OCoLC)1042081474
(OCoLC)1042081474

Contemporary Latin American Cinema' investigates the ways in which neoliberal measures of privatization, de-regularization and austerity introduced in Latin America during the 1990s have impacted film production and film narratives. The collection examines the relationship between economic policies and the films that depict recent transformations in many Latin American countries, demonstrating how contemporary Latin American film has not only criticized and resisted, but also benefitted from neoliberal advancements.

Contemporary Latin American Cinema' investigates the ways in which neoliberal measures of privatization, de-regularization and austerity introduced in Latin America during the 1990s have impacted film production and film narratives. The collection examines the relationship between economic policies and the films that depict recent transformations in many Latin American countries, demonstrating how contemporary Latin American film has not only criticized and resisted, but also benefitted from neoliberal advancements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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