Border witness reimagining the US-Mexico borderlands through film

Border witness : from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico -- Bisected bodies : early silent films -- Making filmscapes -- Using film as evidence -- Revolution and modernization -- The great migrations -- Border film noir -- Borderlands before borders -- From final girl to woman warrior -- Narco-...

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1. Verfasser: Dear, Michael J. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California University of California Press 2023
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Zusammenfassung:Border witness : from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico -- Bisected bodies : early silent films -- Making filmscapes -- Using film as evidence -- Revolution and modernization -- The great migrations -- Border film noir -- Borderlands before borders -- From final girl to woman warrior -- Narco-nations : men at war -- Lives of the undocumented -- Moral tales, border law -- Border walls : screen follies and science fiction -- The Mexican dream/El Sueño Mexicano -- A golden age for border film -- Ways of seeing the border (beyond film) -- Border witness through film -- Appendix 1. Chronological filmography -- Appendix 2. Alphabetical filmography -- Appendix 3. Map of US-Mexico borderlands.
"Border Witness offers a surprising catalogue of films dealing with the US-Mexico border and released during the past 100 years. It compares these screen visions with what was happening on the ground at the time in both countries. From revolution through to the present global crisis, the films are left to speak for themselves, but their stories are measured alongside the author's experience following decades of research, writing, and activism along the line. Taken together, this book outlines a unique Border Film genre just now entering its Golden Age. This book also comes with a message to both nations that they should learn more from borderlanders about how to conduct cross-border lives"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:308 Seiten
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ISBN:9780520391949
9780520391932