New Maricón Cinema : : Outing Latin American Film / / Vinodh Venkatesh.

• VerfasserIn: Venkatesh, Vinodh,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Recent critically and commercially acclaimed Latin American films such as XXY, Contracorriente, and Plan B create an affective and bodily connection with viewers that elicits in them an emotive and empathic relationship with queer identities. Referring to these films as New Maricón Cinema, Vinodh Ve...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I: Maricón Cinema
• Introduction
• Chapter One. Ficheras and Jotos in Mexican Cinema: We Just Want to Be Seen
• Chapter Two. The Maricón: On Closets and Spectacular Bodies
• Chapter Three. Final Notes on a Maricón Genre
• Part II: New Maricón Cinema
• Chapter Four. Outing Contracorriente: On Spatial Contracts and Feeling New Maricónness
• Chapter Five. Outing El último verano de la Boyita: On Masculinities and the Moment of Engagement
• Chapter Six. XX-
• Chapter Seven. Final Notes on Outing Latin America
• Part III: Rematerializing Bodies and the Urban Space
• Introduction
• Chapter Eight. Plan B: Let’s Go Back to the City
• Chapter Nine. On Children and Neoliberal Structures of Feeling
• Chapter Ten. Closing Notes on a Very Open Field
• Films Discussed
• Notes
• Works Cited
• Index