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OverviewThe Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin America proposes a cinematic cartography of contemporary Latin American horror films that take up the idea of the American continent as a space of radical otherness, or monstrosity, and use it for political purposes. The book explores how Latin American film directors migrate foreign horror tropes to create cinematographic horror hybrids that reclaim and transform monstrosity as a form of historical rewriting. By emphasizing the specificities of the Latin American experience, this book contributes to broad scholarship on horror cinema, at the same time connecting the horror tradition with contemporary discussions on violence, migration, fear of immigrants, and the rewriting of colonial discourses. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gabriel Eljaiek-RodríguezPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2018 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783319972497ISBN 10: 3319972499 Pages: 231 Publication Date: 09 October 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Antipodean Horrors: The return of Latin American Monsters 2. Caribbean Monsters: Gothic Migrants in the “Hot-Lands” 3. The Mexican Supernatural: Migration in Historical Reverse 4. Yūrei in the Andes: National Vengeance through Hybridized Ghosts 5. Argentina “Rojo Sangre”: Dictatorships through the Lens of a Gore Film Director 6. Contact Zones and Their New MonstrositiesReviewsAuthor InformationGabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez is Head of Spanish Instruction and Latin American Studies at The New School in Atlanta, GA, USA, and Professor of Liberal Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design, USA. His research interests include horror cinema, gothic literature, migration studies, and post-humanism. He is author of Selva de fantasmas. El gótico en la literatura y el cine latinoamericanos (2017). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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