Overview
Latino American cinema is a provocative, complex, and definitively American topic of study. This book examines key mainstream commercial films while also spotlighting often-underappreciated documentaries, avant-garde and experimental projects, independent productions, features and shorts, and more. Latino American Cinema: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends serves as an essential primary reference for students of the topic as well as an accessible resource for general readers. The alphabetized entries in the volume cover the key topics of this provocative and complex genre—films, filmmakers, star performers, concepts, and historical and burgeoning trends—alongside frequently overlooked and crucially ignored items of interest in Latino cinema. This comprehensive treatment bridges gaps between traditional approaches to U.S.-Latino and Latin American cinemas, placing subjects of Chicana and Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban and diasporic Cuban, and Mexican origin in perspective with related Central and South American and Caribbean elements. Many of the entries offer compact definitions, critical discussions, overviews, and analyses of star artists, media productions, and historical moments, while several foundational entries explicate concepts, making this single volume encyclopedia a critical guide as well.
Full Product Details
Author: Scott L. Baugh
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Greenwood Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9780313380365
ISBN 10: 0313380368
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 13 April 2012
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
<p> ... Baugh (film & media studies, Texas Tech Univ.) has compiled an essential scholarly tool for Latino American film and culture studies. . . . this solid resource fills a critical gap in Latino studies reference material. - <p>Library Journal
<p> Expanding upon documentaries such as Nancy De Los Santos's The Bronze Screen (2002) and foundational reference guides such as Gary D. Keller's Hispanics and United States Film (1994), Baugh (film & media studies, Texas Tech Univ.) has compiled an essential scholarly tool for Latino American film and culture studies. . . . this solid resource fills a critical gap in Latino studies reference material. - <p>Library Journal
Author Information
Scott L. Baugh is associate professor of film and media studies in the English department at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
