Narco Cinema: Sex, Drugs, and Banda Music in Mexico's B-Filmography

ISBN-13: 9781349505517 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 196 str.

Ryan Rashotte; R. Rashotte

Opis

This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cinema that has been instrumental in shaping narco-culture in Mexico and the US borderlands. Identifying classics in its mammoth catalogue and analyzing select films at length, Rashotte outlines the genre's history and aesthetic criteria.

Spis treści

Introduction: Oye, Lecteur 1. What is Narco Cinema? 2. Hecho de coca: A Sentimental Education 3. Two Foul Score of the Brothers Almada 4. Narcas y Narcos 5. . . . and Narco Gays? Postscript: From Culiacán to Cannes

O autorze

Ryan Rashotte is an indepedent scholar based in Canada. He received his PhD from the University of Guelph, Canada.