Human rights, social movements and activism in contemporary Latin American cinema. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mariana Cunha, Antônio Márcio da Silva.
• Editors: Cunha, Mariana; Márcio da Silva, Antônio
• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Human Rights and the Shadow of Chile's Dictatorship: Patricio Guzmán and the Poetics of a Cinematic Landscape 3. Rewriting the History of the Urban Revolutionary: Documentary Film and Human Rights Activism in Post-Dirty War Society 4. Human Rights Abuses and State Violence in Prison Films by Hector Babenco 5. Territories, Existence and Identities: Indigenous Peoples in Argentine Films 6. The Right to Nature: Contested Landscapes and Indigenous Territoriality in Martírio (2016) 7. Urban Occupations: Cinema and the Struggle for the Right to Housing 8. The Art of the Social Movement Corrective: On Redeeming the Human Rights Narrative in También la lluvia and Our Brand is Crisis 9. Transnational Finance on the Road to the Andes: Societal Ruptures and Poisoned Deals in La deuda/Oliver's Deal (2015) 10. A Woman's Right to Move: The Politics of Female Walking in Latin American Cinema 11. Intersectionality as a Human Rights Issue in Contemporary Latin American Queer Cinema.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (244 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43098; Motion pictures -- Latin America -- History -- 21st century; Motion picture industry -- Latin America; PERFORMING ARTS / Reference; Social Science -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Cultural studies; Politics & government; Films, cinema; Motion pictures, American; Social justice; Motion pictures; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319962085; 3319962086
• Related ISBNs: 9783319962078; 3319962078
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 17, 2018)
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