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Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier - Paperback - GOOD
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- Book Title
- Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780292718630
- Subject Area
- Performing Arts
- Publication Name
- Border Bandits : Hollywood on the Southern Frontier
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Film / General, Film / History & Criticism
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 14.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 250 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292718632
ISBN-13
9780292718630
eBay Product ID (ePID)
80512352
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
250 Pages
Publication Name
Border Bandits : Hollywood on the Southern Frontier
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Film / General, Film / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-001121
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.43/658721
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Welcome to the Alamo; Hollywood on the Border Chapter One: How the Southwest Was Won; Border Westerns and the Southern Frontier Chapter Two: "The Imaginary Illegal Alien"; Hollywood Border Crossers and Buddy Cops in the 1980s Chapter Three: The "Narc" in All of Us; Border Media and the War on Drugs Chapter Four: Urban Frontiers; Border Cinema and the Global City Conclusion: Frontier Myths on the Line; Border Cinema Redux Notes Filmography Bibliography Index
Synopsis
An examination of how major Hollywood films exploit the border between Mexico and the United States to tell a story about U.S. dominance in the Western hemisphere., The southern frontier is one of the most emotionally charged zones in the United States, second only to its historical predecessor and partner, the western frontier. Though they span many genres, border films share common themes, trace the mood swings of public policy, and shape our cultural agenda. In this examination, Camilla Fojas studies how major Hollywood films exploit the border between Mexico and the United States to tell a story about U.S. dominance in the American hemisphere. She charts the shift from the mythos of the open western frontier to that of the embattled southern frontier by offering in-depth analyses of particular border films, from post-World War II Westerns to drug-trafficking films to contemporary Latino/a cinema, within their historical and political contexts. Fojas argues that Hollywood border films do important social work by offering a cinematic space through which viewers can manage traumatic and undesirable histories and ultimately reaffirm core "American" values. At the same time, these border narratives delineate opposing values and ideas. Latino border films offer a critical vantage onto these topics; they challenge the presumptions of U.S. nationalism and subsequent cultural attitudes about immigrants and immigration, and often critically reconstruct their Hollywood kin. By analyzing films such as Duel in the Sun, The Wild Bunch, El Norte, The Border, Traffic, and Brokeback Mountain, Fojas demands that we reexamine the powerful mythology of the Hollywood borderlands. This detailed scrutiny recognizes that these films are part of a national narrative comprised of many texts and symbols that create the myth of the United States as capital of the Americas.
LC Classification Number
PN1995.9.M48F65 2008
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