Bored to distraction: cinema of excess in end-of-the-century Mexico and Spain

"Popular culture in the 1990s, especially cinema, can be considered a showcase for the accumulated hopes and fears of the twentieth century. From the promise of material goods to the profusion of despair, from devastating tragedy to exaggerated rapture, a dizzying array of images assaults the e...

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Main Author: Schaefer, Claudia 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany State Univ. of New York Press 2003
Series:SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
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Summary:"Popular culture in the 1990s, especially cinema, can be considered a showcase for the accumulated hopes and fears of the twentieth century. From the promise of material goods to the profusion of despair, from devastating tragedy to exaggerated rapture, a dizzying array of images assaults the eye. Drawing on recent films from Mexico and Spain, Bored to Distraction navigates this visual terrain, from melodrama to horror, looking for what, if anything, might be excessive enough to rouse us from our comfortable everyday routines."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:X, 201 S. Ill.
ISBN:0791458873
0791458881

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