Research Catalog

Gender and sexuality in Latin American horror cinema : embodiments of evil

Title
  1. Gender and sexuality in Latin American horror cinema : embodiments of evil / Gustavo Subero.
Published by
  1. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Author
  1. Subero, Gustavo.

Items in the library and off-site

Filter by

Displaying 1 item

StatusFormatAccessCall numberItem location
Status
Request scan

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

FormatTextAccessUse in libraryCall numberMFL 16-4840Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

Details

Description
  1. xxxii, 204 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
  1. Gender and Sexuality in Latin American Horror Cinema explores the different mechanisms and strategies through which horror films attempt to reinforce or contest gender relations and issues of sexual identity in the continent. The book explores issues of machismo, marianismo, homosociality, bromance, among others through the lens of horror narratives and, especially, it offers an analysis of monstrosity and the figure of the monster as an outlet to play out socio-sexual anxieties in different societies or gender groups. The author looks at a wide rage of films from countries such as Cuba, Peru, Mexico and Argentina and draws points of commonality, as well as comparing essential differences, between the way that horror fictions - considered by many as low-brow cinema - can be effective to delve into the way that sexuality and gender operates and circulates in the popular imaginary in these regions. .
Subject
  1. Horror films
  2. Horror films > Latin America > History and criticism
  3. Gender identity in motion pictures
  4. Sex role in motion pictures
  5. Motion pictures > Social aspects
  6. Criticism, interpretation, etc
  7. Latin America
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Introduction: Santa Sangre and the Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Latin American Horror Cinema -- 1. Challenging Patriarchy in the Gothic Horror Mexican Cinema -- 2. Zé de Caixão and the Queering of Monstrosity in Latin America -- 3. Monstrous and Murdered Machos: Horror and the Crisis of Latin American Masculinity -- 4. Bloody Femininities: The Horrors of Marianismo and Maternity in Baby Shower and Habitaciones para Turistas -- 5. Bromance, Homosociality and the Crisis of Masculinity in the Latin American Zombie Movie .
Call number
  1. MFL 16-4840
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
  2. Includes filmography (pages 179-181).
Author
  1. Subero, Gustavo.
Title
  1. Gender and sexuality in Latin American horror cinema : embodiments of evil / Gustavo Subero.
Publisher
  1. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
  2. Includes filmography (pages 179-181).
ISBN
  1. 1137564946
  2. 9781137564948
Research call number
  1. MFL 16-4840
View in legacy catalog