Description
This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cinema that, for over forty years, has been instrumental in shaping narco-culture in Mexico and the US borderlands. Identifying classics in its mammoth catalogue and analyzing select films at length, Rashotte outlines the genre's history and aesthetic criteria. He approaches its history as an alternative to mainstream representation of the drug war and considers how its vernacular aesthetic speaks to the anxieties and desires of Latina/o audiences by celebrating regional cultures while exploring the dynamics of global transition. Despite recent federal prohibitions, narco cinema endures as a popular folk art because it reflects distinctively the experiences of those uprooted by the forces of globalization and critiques those forces in ways mainstream cinema has failed.
Author: Ryan Rashotte
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/08/2015
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d
ISBN13: 9781349505517
ISBN10: 134950551X
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Film & Video
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Social Science | Popular Culture
About the Author
Ryan Rashotte is an indepedent scholar based in Canada. He received his PhD from the University of Guelph, Canada.