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Combining history with discussions of dramatic cinema, Based on a True Story: Latin American History at the Movies examines how film has portrayed Latin America from the late fifteenth century to the present. The book opens with an introduction on the visual presentation of the past in the movies, while the rest of the book consists of essays that explore the best feature films on Latin America from the professional historians perspective.
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Based On a True Story : Latin American History At the Movies Latin American Silhouettes
author
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Stevens, Donald Fithian
publisher
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Scholarly Resources, Inc.
isbn10 | asin
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0842027815
print isbn13
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9780842027816
ebook isbn13
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9780585348261
language
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English
subject
Latin America--In motion pictures, Latin Americans in motion pictures, Historical films--History and criticism.
publication date
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1999
lcc
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PN1995.9.L37B37 1999eb
ddc
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791.43/628
subject
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Latin America--In motion pictures, Latin Americans in motion pictures, Historical films--History and criticism.
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Based on a True Story
Latin American History at the Movies
Edited by Donald F. Stevens
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1997 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First published 1997 Second printing 1998 Printed and bound in the United States of America
Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, DE 19805-1897
Illustrations
Frame enlargements in Chapter 7 were provided by John Mraz. All uncredited photographs were provided by Donald F. Stevens.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Based on a true story: Latin American history at the movies / edited by Donald F. Stevens. p. cm. (Latin American silhouettes) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8420-2582-0 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-8420 2781-5 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Latin America in motion pictures. 2. Latin Americans in motion pictures. 3. Historical filmsHistory and criticism. I. Stevens, Donald Fithian, 1953 . II. Series. PN1995.9.L37B37 1997 791.43'628DC21 97-10742 CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.
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For Nathaniel, Who has his own ideas about the movies
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
1 Never Read History Again? The Possibilities and Perils of Cinema as Historical Depiction
Donald F. Stevens
1
2 Columbus Takes On the Forces of Darkness, or Film and Historical Myth in 1492: The Conquest of Paradise
Sonya Lipsett-Rivera And Sergio Rivera Ayala
13
3 Whose Conquest Is This, Anyway? Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Thomas H. Holloway
29
4 I, the Worst of All: The Literary Life of Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz
Susan E. Ramrez
47
5 The Mission and Historical Missions: Film and the Writing of History
James Schofield Saeger
63
6 Passion and Patriarchy in Nineteenth-Century Argentina: Mara Luisa Bemberg's Camila
Donald F. Stevens
85
7 Recasting Cuban Slavery: The Other Francisco and The Last Supper
John Mraz
103
8 Luca: Inventing Women's History on Film
Barbara Weinstein
123
9 Gabriela: An Evocation of Elite Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Latin America
James D. Henderson
143
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10 Why Tita Didn't Marry the Doctor, or Mexican History in Like Water for Chocolate
Barbara A. Tenenbaum
157
11 Depicting the Past in Argentine Films: Family Drama and Historical Debate in Miss Mary and The Official Story
Mark D. Szuchman
173
12 Pixote: Fiction and Reality in Brazilian Life
Robert M. Levine
201
Notes
215
About the Editor and Contributors
241
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Acknowledgments
I am grateful to my department head, Eric Dorn Brose, and to Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Thomas L. Canavan for their support in making this book possible, and to the students in my Latin American history classes at Drexel University, whose enthusiasm made it worthwhile. As I expanded my use of feature films to teach history, I benefited from countless discussions with colleagues. When I was unable to convince anyone else to edit a book like this at the 1992 meeting of the Conference on Latin American History in Washington, DC, I decided that I would have to do it myself. Portions of the manuscript were presented at meetings of the Latin American Studies Association (1995), the Conference on Latin American History (1996), and the fifth Studies in Latin American Popular Culture Conference (1996). Without the opportunity for real interaction that such occasions permit, scholarship in general would be diminished and, certainly, this book might not have been possible. Thank you to all who offered advice, suggestions, criticism, and encouragement.
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.
