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Author:   Richard Francaviglia
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9781476692524

ISBN 10:   1476692521
Pages:   265
Publication Date:   30 August 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments: A Personal Journey into Film Introduction: A Geographer’s View of Latin America and Observations about Filmmaking One. Apocalypto: Exploration Before European Contact Two. The Other Conquest: An Indigenous View of the Encounter Three. Cabeza de Vaca: Exploration at the Margins of Empire Four. Aguirre, the Wrath of God: Missteps in Sixteenth-Century Colonial Exploration Five. The Mission: Religious Expeditions in Eighteenth-Century South America Six. Zama: Colonial Expansion and Its Discontents Seven. Aire Libre: The Humanization of Scientific Exploration and Discovery Eight. Walker: Adventurism and Anachronism in Central America Nine. Fitzcarraldo: The Foreign Entrepreneurial Capitalist as Explorer Ten. Green Mansions: Exploring the Geographical Dimensions of Fantasy Eleven. The Lost City of Z: Obsession and Exploration Twelve. Secret of the Incas: Romanticizing the American Explorer-Archaeologist Thirteen. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Orellana’s Revenge Fourteen. Embrace of the Serpent: Explorations into Deeper Meaning Fifteen. Anaconda: Cinematic Exploration of River-Spawned Horrors Sixteen. Green Fire: The Prospector as ­Explorer-Discoverer Seventeen. The Motorcycle Diaries: Exploration in Search of Reform Eighteen. Nostalgia for the Light: The Filmmaker as Explorer of Memory Nineteen. Dora and the Lost City of Gold: In Search of New Cultural Frontiers Conclusion: Reflections on the Changing Significance of Exploration-Discovery Films Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Over the last fifty years, geographer Richard Francaviglia (professor emeritus, University of Texas at Arlington and associated scholar, Willamette University) has studied varied places and published fourteen books about them. He lives in Salem, Oregon.

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