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Combining history with discussions of dramatic cinema, Based on a True Story: Latin American History at the Movies examines how film has portrayed Latin America from the late fifteenth century to the present. The book opens with an introduction on the visual presentation of the past in the movies, while the rest of the book consists of essays that explore the best feature films on Latin America from the professional historian's perspective.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE - Never Read History Again? The Possibilities and Perils of Cinema as Historical Depiction
- CHAPTER TWO - Columbus Takes On the Forces of Darkness, or Film and Historical Myth in 1492: The Conquest of Paradise
- CHAPTER THREE - Whose Conquest Is This, Anyway? Aguirre, the Wrath of God
- CHAPTER FOUR - I, the Worst of All The Literary Life of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
- CHAPTER FIVE - The Mission and Historical Missions Film and the Writing of History
- CHAPTER SIX - Passion and Patriarchy in Nineteenth-Century Argentina MarĂa Luisa Bembergâs Camila
- CHAPTER SEVEN - Recasting Cuban Slavery The Other Francisco and The Last Supper
- CHAPTER EIGHT - LucĂa Inventing Womenâs History on Film
- CHAPTER NINE - Gabriela An Evocation of Elite Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Latin America
- CHAPTER TEN - Why Tita Didnât Marry the Doctor, or Mexican History in Like Water for Chocolate
- CHAPTER ELEVEN - Depicting the Past in Argentine Films Family Drama and Historical Debate in Miss Mary and The Official Story
- CHAPTER TWELVE - Pixote Fiction and Reality in Brazilian Life
- Notes
- About the Editor and Contributors
- Latin American Silhouettes - Studies in History and Culture