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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Latin American Perspectives
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Revolution and Its Specters
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Performance and Reflexivity in the Contemporary Documentary
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Questions of Reference
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
"Individually these theoretically informed essays explore the unique ways in which Latin American films and theorists have engaged with documentary versus fiction debates. Taken as a whole, the essays manage to illuminate textual nuances within precise contexts spanning more than a half a century. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty." - Choice
"Visual Synergies is an excellent collection on a vital topic. It brings together some of the most distinguished scholars working in the field and covers an admirably wide range of films." - Paul Julian Smith, FBA, Professor of Spanish, University of Cambridge
"This is the first edited volume with a focus on both fiction and documentary filmmaking in Latin America. Well focused and highly pertinent to the field, Haddu and Page's collection fills the void in this important yet neglected area in Latin American film studies. This book will be of value to scholars, graduate students, and undergraduates in Film Studies and Latin American Studies." - Deborah Shaw, Reader in Film Studies, Portsmouth University
"The contributors to thsi volume address the intersection of elements and issues associated with both modes of expression. Individually these theoretically informed essays explore the unique ways in which Latin American films and theorists have engaged with documentary versus fiction debates. Taken as a whole, the essays manage to illuminate textual nuances within precisecontexts spanning more than half a century." - A.M. Stock, Choice
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
JOANNA PAGE is Lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Visual Synergies in Fiction and Documentary Film from Latin America
Editors: Miriam Haddu, Joanna Page
Series Title: Studies of the Americas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622159
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Miriam Haddu and Joanna Page 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-60638-8Published: 22 June 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37364-2Published: 22 June 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62215-9Published: 08 June 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 257
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations
Topics: Film History, Latin American Politics, Latin American Culture, Screen Studies