Hector Amaya advances into new territory in Latin American and U.S. cinema studies in this innovative analysis of the differing critical receptions of Cuban film in Cuba and the United States during the Cold War. Synthesizing film reviews, magazine articles, and other primary documents, "Screening Cuba" compares Cuban and U.S. reactions to four Cuban films: "Memories of Underdevelopment, Lucia, One Way or Another, " and "Portrait of Teresa."In examining cultural production through the lens of the Cold War, Amaya reveals how contrasting interpretations of Cuban and U.S. critics are the...
Hector Amaya advances into new territory in Latin American and U.S. cinema studies in this innovative analysis of the differing critical receptions...
-Drawing on the Athenian tradition of 'wielding citizenship as a weapon to defend a contingently defined polis, ' Hector Amaya has crafted an elegant and sophisticated analysis of the contemporary policies designed to contain and criminalize Latina/os. Citizenship Excess demonstrates that he is one of the leading Latina/o Media Scholars today.- --Angharad N. Valdivia, General Editor of the International Encyclopedia of Media Studies and author of Latina/os Drawing on contemporary conflicts between Latino/as and anti-immigrant forces, Citizenship Excess...
-Drawing on the Athenian tradition of 'wielding citizenship as a weapon to defend a contingently defined polis, ' Hector Amaya has crafted an elegant ...
