Cinemachismo : : Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film / / Sergio de la Mora.
After the modern Mexican state came into being following the Revolution of 1910, hyper-masculine machismo came to be a defining characteristic of "mexicanidad," or Mexican national identity. Virile men (pelados and charros), virtuous prostitutes as mother figures, and minstrel-like gay men...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface. How I Too Came to Love Pedro Infante
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Macho Nation?
- 1. “Midnight Virgin”: Melodramas of Prostitution in Literature and Film
- 2. Pedro Infante Unveiled: Masculinities in the Mexican “Buddy Movie”
- 3. The Last Dance: (Homo)Sexuality and Representation in Arturo Ripstein’s El lugar sin límites and the Fichera Subgenre
- 4. Mexico’s Third-Wave New Cinema and the Cultural Politics of Film
- Epilogue. Mexican Cinema is Dead! Long Live Mexican Cinema!
- Notes
- Works Consulted
- Index