Screening Cuba
film criticism as political performance during the cold war
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- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2010
Summary
Hector Amaya advances into new territory in Latin American and U.S. cinema studies in this innovative analysis of the differing critical receptions of Cuban film in Cuba and the United States during the Cold War. Synthesizing film reviews, magazine articles, and other primary documents, Screening Cuba compares Cuban and U.S. reactions to four Cuban films: Memories of Underdevelopment, Lucia, One Way or Another, and Portrait of Teresa. In examining cultural production through the lens of the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780252077487 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0252077482 |
| Series: | University of Illinois Press |
| Author: | Hector Amaya |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“Truly groundbreaking. Amaya’s provocative and illuminating analysis uses a Cuba-U.S. framework to address film criticism as a way of exercising political citizenship, providing a glimpse into the cultural and political effects of the Cold War.” Ana Lopez, co-editor of The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts “Screening Cuba joins a new generation of writings about Cuban culture and cultural politics. An original contribution to cinema reception studies.” Michael Chanan, author of Cuban Cinema
About The Author
Hector Amaya
Hector Amaya is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia.
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