Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film

Contents

Contents    preface How I Too Came to Love Pedro Infante viii Acknowledgments xv introduction Macho Nation? 1 one “Midnight Virgin” Melodramas of Prostitution in Literature and Film 21 two Pedro Infante Unveiled Masculinities in the Mexican “Buddy Movie” 68 three The Last Dance (Homo)Sexuality and Representation in Arturo Ripstein’s El lugar sin límites and the Fichera Subgenre 105 four Mexico’s Third-Wave New Cinema and the Cultural Politics of Film 135 epilogue Mexican Cinema Is Dead! Long Live Mexican Cinema! 163 Notes 180 Works Consulted 197 Index 227 Contents vii ...