This volume explores the recent 'adolescent turn' in contemporary Latin American cinema, challenging many of the underlying assumptions about the nature of youth and distinguishing adolescence as a distinct and vital area of study. Its contributors examine the narrative and political potential of teenage protagonists in a range of recent films from the region, acknowledging the distinct emotional registers that are at play throughout adolescence and releasing teenage subjectivities from restrictive critical and theoretical emphases on theories of childhood.
As the first academic study to examine the figure of the adolescent in contemporary Latin American film, New Visions of Adolescence in Contemporary Latin American Cinema thus presents a timely and innovative analysis of issues of sexuality and gender, political and domestic violence and social class, and will be of significant interest to students and researchers in Latin American Studies, Cultural Studies, World Cinema and Childhood Studies.
| ISBN: | 9783030077556 |
| Publication date: | 19th January 2019 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Maguire, Rachel Randall |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 228 pages |
| Series: | New Directions in Latino American Cultures |
| Genres: |
Performing arts Age groups: adolescents Sociology: family and relationships Cultural studies |
This volume explores the recent 'adolescent turn' in contemporary Latin American cinema, challenging many of the underlying assumptions about the nature of youth and distinguishing adolescence as a distinct and vital area of study. Its contributors examine the narrative and political potential of teenage protagonists in a range of recent films from the region, acknowledging the distinct emotional registers that are at play throughout adolescence and releasing teenage subjectivities from restrictive critical and theoretical emphases on theories of childhood.
As the first academic study to examine the figure of the adolescent in contemporary Latin American film, New Visions of Adolescence in Contemporary Latin American Cinema thus presents a timely and innovative analysis of issues of sexuality and gender, political and domestic violence and social class, and will be of significant interest to students and researchers in Latin American Studies, Cultural Studies, World Cinema and Childhood Studies.
New Visions of Adolescence in Contemporary Latin American Cinema features in the following genres: Performing arts, Age groups: adolescents, Sociology: family and relationships, Cultural studies
New Visions of Adolescence in Contemporary Latin American Cinema is available in Paperback
New Visions of Adolescence in Contemporary Latin American Cinema was written by Geoffrey Maguire, Rachel Randall and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing
New Visions of Adolescence in Contemporary Latin American Cinema has 228 pages
Yes it is part of New Directions in Latino American Cultures series