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Women Filmmakers in Mexico: The Country of Which We Dream. Elissa J. Rashkin

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Women Filmmakers in Mexico: The Country of Which We Dream Elissa J. Rashkin. pdf ebook Publisher: Language: English Page: 320 ISBN: 0292771088, 9780292798106

From Publishers Weekly

Throughout the 1980s and '90s, "women's cinema" in Mexico flourished. Challenging conventional representations of women, female filmmakers began telling their own stories. In Women Filmmakers in Mexico: The Country of Which We Dream, Elissa J. Rashkin undertakes a rigorous, compelling examination of the history of film by Mexican women. Treating such themes as social marginalization (Dana Rotberg's Angel de Fuego), illegal abortion (Rosa Marta Fernandez's Cosas de Mujeres, or Women's Things) and sexual shame (El Secreto de Romelia by Busi Cortes), Rashkin deals in "bold act[s] of revision," debunking "romantic or tragic icons." B&w photos.

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From Library Journal

The film industry in Mexico suffered near-fatal blows near the end of the 20th century. From 1989 to 1991, 1000 theaters were closed, feature film production fell off by two-thirds, and state support disappeared. Against this backdrop, independent scholar Rashkin traces the recent film careers of five Mexican women filmmakers Mar!a Novaro, Busi Cort s, Dana Rotberg, Marisa Sistach, and Guita Schyfter. The author, whose work centers on feminist studies and filmmaking, concludes, "Women filmmakers in Mexico can thus be seen as part of the larger social phenomenon of Latin American feminism." The five women combine their personal views with Mexican history and culture in their films, all of which are thoroughly documented by Rashkin, although the author devotes too much attention to the films as creative tools and not enough to the individual backgrounds of the women who created them. The result is a unique treatment of an isolated subject, yet the book falls short of being definitive. For a more comprehensive view, see Joanne Herschfield and David MacIel's Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers (LJ 10/1/99). Recommended for academic collections in film studies or Latin American culture and history. Boyd Childress, Auburn Univ. Lib., AL
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