Overview
- Theorizes how seemingly depoliticized films can instead work in service of politically disruptive missions
- Highlights how new democrat filmmakers in Paraguay use visual and linguistic approaches alike to comment upon and upend hegemony in Paraguay and Latin America more broadly
- Argues the value of studying Paraguayan Film within the context of the sustainment of democracy and popular identity, a value central to the political climate across Latin America
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is dedicated to the study of Paraguayan film, particularly small cinemas and movies which represent a socio-politically charged perspective that has until now been overlooked in Latin American Studies. Romero demonstrates that these films are critical to understanding the dynamics of politics and cultural identity in Latin America as a whole. An in-depth exploration of the Latin American post-dictatorial transition of power Romero investigates this contemporary crisis through the dynamics of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Each chapter takes a film or films as its jumping off point, then zooms out to encompass elements of the national political, economic, social, and historical context. Romero analyzes some of the most pressing social issues in Paraguay while reflecting on the power of cultural discourse through film.
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About the author
Eva Karene Romero studies the arts and culture of Latin America and the US Southwest. She has lectured at The University of Arizona, USA, and published in Hispania and the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. She currently serves on the Board of Directors at the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Film and Democracy in Paraguay
Authors: Eva Karene Romero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44814-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44813-8Published: 16 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83142-8Published: 15 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44814-5Published: 08 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 169
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American Cinema and TV, Latin American Culture, Latin American Politics, Democracy