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Hershfield offers close readings of del RÍo’s films-discussing in detail the roles she played, her costumes and makeup, the music and mise-en-scÈne, advertising, publicity, and reviews-that provide a nuanced understanding of how Hollywood constructed del RÍo as an exotic commodity and blunted the inherent challenge her sexual and ethnic image posed to both prevailing standards of white femininity and widespread injunctions against miscegenation. 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This insightful anthology is the first published study that includes pieces by Mexican and North American scholars, including a piece by the internationally acclaimed essayist Carlos Monsivais. Contributors include other acclaimed scholars and critics as well as young scholars who are currently making their mark in the area of film studies of Mexico. These authors represent various fields-community studies, film studies, cultural history, ethnic studies, and gender studies-making this volume an interdisciplinary resource, important for courses in Latin America and Third World cinema, Mexican history and culture, and Chicana\/o and ethnic studies.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52129882013969,"sku":"NLS9780842026819","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780842026819.jpg?v=1757499609"},{"product_id":"mexican-cinema-mexican-woman-1940-1950-book-joanne-hershfield-9780816516377","title":"Mexican Cinema\/Mexican Woman, 1940-1950","description":"The female image has been an ambiguous one in Mexican culture, and the place of women in Mexican cinema is no less tenuous--yielding in the films of Luis Buñuel and others a range of characterizations from virgin to whore, mother to femme fatale. Mexican Cinema\/Mexican Woman, 1940-1950 examines a singular moment in the history of Mexican film to investigate the ways in which the cinematic figures of woman functioned to mediate narrative and social debates. The book raises new questions about the relations between woman and cinema. It will have broad appeal among students and scholars of film, feminist studies, and Latin American studies, as well as those interested in the popular culture of Mexico. Considering the historical and cultural representations of sexual difference as well as race and class, Hershfield closely examines the portrayal of women and gender identity in six films: María Candelaria (Emilio Fernández, 1943), Río Escondido (Emilio Fernández, 1947), Distinto amanecer (Julio Bracho, 1943), Salón México (Emilio Fernández, 1948), Doña Bárbara (Fernando de Fuentes, 1943), and Susana (Carne y demonio) (Luis Buñuel, 1950).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52153672859921,"sku":"CIN0816516375G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780816516377.jpg?v=1770285644"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-joanne-hershfield.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}