La India María: Mexploitation and the Films of María Elena Velasco
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1477313451 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Power)"An immensely readable account of María Elena Velasco, the creator of the much-loved La India María character and films. Based on historical and archival research, it represents an insightful and important contribution to Mexican cinema, exploitation cinema, and cultural studies and is a must-read for scholars and students of these fields." (Dolores Tierney, Senior Lecturer in Film, University of Sussex, United Kingdom) . "An excellent contribution that fills a gap in studies of Mexican cinema, border cinema, B-movies, and the analysis of women in the Mexican film industry. This book is a fascinating history of the era of Velasco’s films and their impact in Mexico, the United States, and in digital distribution." (Camilla Fojas, DePaul University, author of Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier and Islands of Empire: Pop Culture and U.S
Adding a new chapter to the history of a much-understudied period of Mexican cinema commonly referred to as "la crisis," this pioneering research enriches our appreciation of Mexploitation films.. Created and portrayed by María Elena Velasco, La India María has delighted audiences since the late 1960s with slapstick humor that slyly critiques discrimination and the powerful. By contrast, La India María builds a convincing case for María Elena Velasco as an artist whose work as a director and produc
. She holds a PhD in film studies from the University of Zurich and has been a visiting scholar at the Chicano Studies Research Center of UCLA, where she conducted her research for this book. Seraina Rohrer heads the Solothurn Film Festival, one of Switzerland’s leading cultural events