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Author Thornton, Niamh, author.

Title Tastemakers and tastemaking : Mexico and curated screen violence / Niamh Thornton
Published Albany : State University of New York, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 226 pages) : illustrations
Series SUNY series in Latin American cinema
SUNY series in Latin American cinema.
Contents Questions of taste: classification, value, legitimation, and Distinction -- Cultural institutions and taste formation: Nelson Carro and the Cineteca in 2010 -- Commonplace and routine: Amat Escalante's extreme realism in Los bastardos (2008) and Heli (2013) -- Re-versioning and thick contexts: the cinematic adaptations of Los de abajo -- Bodily excess and containment: Bordertown (Gregory Nava, 2006) and The Virgin of Juarez (Kevin James Dobson, 2006) -- Curating cruelty and criminality: the radical mediation of Kate del Castillo -- Conclusion
Summary "Considers how and why taste persists in the analysis of Mexican film and television by looking at key figures and their impact on the curation of violence"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed on December 09, 2020)
Subject Motion pictures -- Mexico -- History and criticism
Motion pictures -- Aesthetics.
Television -- Aesthetics.
Curatorship -- Philosophy
Television programs -- Mexico -- History
Violence in motion pictures.
Violence on television.
Motion pictures
Motion pictures -- Aesthetics
Television -- Aesthetics
Television programs
Violence in motion pictures
Violence on television
Mexico
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020023296
ISBN 1438481144
9781438481142