Struggles for recognition : melodrama and visibility in Latin American silent film /

"Struggles for Recognition traces the emergence of melodrama in Latin American silent film and silent film culture. In this deeply archival investigation, Juan Sebastián Ospina León examines how melodrama visualized and shaped the social arena of urban modernity in early twentieth-century Lat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ospina León, Juan Sebastián, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Melodrama in motion pictures > 20th century.
Silent films > Latin America.
Mélodrames (Films) > 20e siècle.
Films muets > Amérique latine.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Melodrama in motion pictures.
Silent films.
Latin America.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : melodrama and visibility
  • "Filmdom" before and during the Great War
  • Buenos Aires shadows : urban space, fallen women, and destitute men
  • Bogotá and Medellín : a tale of two cities and conservative progress
  • Orizaba, Veracruz : yesterday's melodrama today
  • South to north : Latin American modernities
  • Conclusion : struggles for recognition.

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