Celluloid Nationalism and Other Melodramas: From Post-Revolutionary Mexico to fin de siglo Mexamerica

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List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Prologue 1 I N T R O D U C T I O N 5 Of Melodrama and Other Inspirations PART I Post-Revolutionary Mexico C H A P T E R O N E 47 Re-Birth of a Nation: On Mexican Movies, Museums, and María Félix C H A P T E R T W O 71 Las de abajo: Matilde Landeta’s Mexican Revolution C H A P T E R T H R E E 95 Pimps, Prostitutes, and Politicos: Matilde Landeta’s Trotacalles and the Regime of Miguel Alemán C O N T E N T S ��� vii PART II Fin de Siglo Mexamérica C H A P T E R F O U R 125 Neomelodrama as Participatory Ethnography: Allison Anders’s Mi vida loca C H A P T E R F I V E 167 The Last Judgment: Marcela Fernández Violante’s Requiem (for) Melodrama E P I L O G U E 195 Deeds that Inspire Confidence Notes 197 Bibliography 233 Index 251 viii CONTENTS ...