Bored to Distraction
Cinema of Excess in End-of-the-Century Mexico and Spain
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
211 pages
978-0-7914-8607-8 (ISBN)
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Examines how recent Mexican and Spanish films act as untroubling distractions from everyday routines.
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Claudia Schaefer is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of Rochester and the author of Danger Zones: Homosexuality, National Identity, and Mexican Culture and Textured Lives: Women, Art, and Representation in Modern Mexico.
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. At the Millennium: Boredom Theory and Middle-Class Desires
2. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's La tarea: Not Your Average Afterschool Special
3. How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Danzón and the Myth of Getting Away from It All
4. Amores perros: Throwing Politics to the Dogs
5. Still Just a Dress Rehearsal?: From Archibaldo de la Cruz to Penélope Cruz
6. The Demonic Side of Modernity: Waiting for Satan at the Movies
7. A Few Last Words: Waiting in the Anteroom of the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Acknowledgements
1. At the Millennium: Boredom Theory and Middle-Class Desires
2. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's La tarea: Not Your Average Afterschool Special
3. How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Danzón and the Myth of Getting Away from It All
4. Amores perros: Throwing Politics to the Dogs
5. Still Just a Dress Rehearsal?: From Archibaldo de la Cruz to Penélope Cruz
6. The Demonic Side of Modernity: Waiting for Satan at the Movies
7. A Few Last Words: Waiting in the Anteroom of the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Works Cited
Index
