Mexico on Main Street: Transnational Film Culture in Los Angeles before World War II

Author:   Colin Gunckel
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
ISBN:  

9780813570761


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 April 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Colin Gunckel
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.555kg
ISBN:  

9780813570761


ISBN 10:   081357076
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 April 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1    Constructing Mexican Los Angeles: Competing Images of an Immigrant Population2   “Spectacles of High Morality and Culture”: Theatrical Culture and Aspirations of Mexican Community in the 1920s3   The Audible and the Invisible: The Transition to Sound and “De-Mexicanization” of Hollywood4   “Fashionable Charros and Chinas Poblanas”: Mexican Cinema and the Dilemma of the Comedia Ranchera5   “Now We Have Mexican Cinema”?: Navigating Transnational Mexicanidad in a Moment of CrisisConclusion: Hola México/Hello MexicoNotesBibliographyIndex 

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A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico. --Jacqueline Stewart author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity (09/12/2014)


A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico. --Jacqueline Stewart author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity


This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic. --CHOICE A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico. --Jacqueline Stewart author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power. --Somos en escrito One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration. --Film Quarterly Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies. --Vivomatografias


""A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico."" -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity * ""This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic."" * CHOICE * ""This provocative book should inspire many other works on the topic."" * CHOICE * ""One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration."" * Film Quarterly * ""Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power."" * Somos en escrito * ""Gunckel has a grand architectural eye, and has provided maps and photos of the dozens of theaters and entertainment venues along Main Street. But his real strength is in his narrative power."" * Somos en escrito * ""One of the most impressive contributions this book makes to the field of film and media studies is its reminder that film and film culture exist in relation to broader cultural and social configurations such as immigration."" * Film Quarterly * ""Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies."" * Vivomatografias * ""Mexico on Main Street is an engaging and thought provoking text that makes major contributions to overlapping areas of film studies."" * Vivomatografias * ""A rich and impressive study of how Mexican film culture in Los Angeles responded to and shaped film industries of both the U.S. and Mexico."" -- Jacqueline Stewart * author of Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity *


Author Information

COLIN GUNCKEL is an assistant professor of screen arts and cultures, American culture, and Latina/o Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He serves as associate editor of the A Ver: Revisioning Art History series. 

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