Latino American cinema : an encyclopedia of movies, stars, concepts, and trends

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    • Baugh, Scott L.

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Latino American cinema : an encyclopedia of movies, stars, concepts, and trends

Scott L. Baugh

Greenwood, c2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Latino American cinema is a provocative, complex, and definitively American topic of study. This book examines key mainstream commercial films while also spotlighting often-underappreciated documentaries, avant-garde and experimental projects, independent productions, features and shorts, and more. Latino American Cinema: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends serves as an essential primary reference for students of the topic as well as an accessible resource for general readers. The alphabetized entries in the volume cover the key topics of this provocative and complex genre-films, filmmakers, star performers, concepts, and historical and burgeoning trends-alongside frequently overlooked and crucially ignored items of interest in Latino cinema. This comprehensive treatment bridges gaps between traditional approaches to U.S.-Latino and Latin American cinemas, placing subjects of Chicana and Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban and diasporic Cuban, and Mexican origin in perspective with related Central and South American and Caribbean elements. Many of the entries offer compact definitions, critical discussions, overviews, and analyses of star artists, media productions, and historical moments, while several foundational entries explicate concepts, making this single volume encyclopedia a critical guide as well.

Table of Contents

Entry Lists Master Entry List Movies List Stars and Organizations List Concepts List Preface A Note to Readers Overview Effective Ways to Use This Encyclopedia Acknowledgments The Encyclopedia Resource Guide General Bibliography Online References/Databases Research Centers Media Distributors Index

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