Mexican Melodrama
Author | : Elena Lahr-Vivaz |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2016-10-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780816532513 |
ISBN-13 | : 0816532516 |
Rating | : 4/5 (516 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mexican Melodrama written by Elena Lahr-Vivaz and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexican Melodrama offers a timely look at critically acclaimed films that serve as key referents in discussions of Mexican cinema. Elena Lahr-Vivaz artfully portrays the dominant conventions of historical and contemporary Mexican cinema, showing how new-wave directors draw from a previous generation to produce meaning in the present.