Humor in Latin American Cinema
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Humor in Latin American Cinema

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eBook - PDF

Humor in Latin American Cinema

About this book

This book addresses a variety of regional humor traditions such as exploitation cinema, Brazilian chanchada, the Cantinflas heritage, the comedy of manners and light sexuality, iconic figures and characters, as well as a variety of humor registers evident in different Latin American films.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Cinema and Humor in Latin America: An Introduction
  9. 1 Luis Sandrini’s Stutter, Early Argentine Film Comedy, and the Representability of Time
  10. 2 “Comrades, There Are Moments in Life That Are Truly Momentary”: Cantinflas and the Administration of Public Matters
  11. 3 The Laugh of Niní Marshall: Comic Performance and Gender Performativity in Argentinean Classical Cinema
  12. 4 The Early Comedies of Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
  13. 5 Backwardness and Modernity in the Rural Tradition of Mazzaropi Comedies
  14. 6 Enrique Cahen Salaberry and Hugo Sofovich: Humor Strategies in the Films Featuring the Duo Alberto Olmedo and Jorge Porcel
  15. 7 Colombian Popular Comedy for Dummies: The Nieto Roa and Dago García Producciones Formula
  16. 8 Invasion of the Nacos! Mocking Social Prejudice in Contemporary Mexican Cinema
  17. 9 Humorous Affects: Romantic Comedies in Contemporary Mexico
  18. 10 Who’s Laughing Now? Indigenous Media and the Politics of Humor
  19. 11 A Sense of Humor and Society in Three Chilean Comedies: Taxi para tres, Sexo con Amor, and
  20. Notes on Contributors
  21. Index