Poetics of Race in Latin America

Poetics of Race in Latin AmericaPoetics of Race offers innovative approaches to the study of aesthetic and cultural representation of race and ethnicity in Latin America, particularly in Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean and the Andean region. Interdisciplinary studies elaborate on issues of marginalization, immigration, violence, gender, exclusion, resistance and emancipation.

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Carl Freedman focuses on Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy – arguably the foremost work of crime cinema –crafting a convincing argument that the plot’s action is principally driven by the shift from Sicily to America

The eclecticism of the papers should be seen as a strength

this book fills a gap in current literature and offers new insights into an important topic in medieval history

and the Lacanian Real

Richly contextualised analyses of individual productions by major directors help produce a nuanced picture of the performance history of the play

Pulp brings together in one volume chapters on the best seller

Directory of World Cinema: Scotland provides an introduction to many of Scottish cinema’s most important and influential themes and issues

These essays bring together historical

Its use of cartography

A major contribution to the scholarship on British decolonisation

the majority previously unpublished