Film Criticism, March 22nd, 2002
by Joanne Hershfield, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. 165, pp. Cloth $29.95 Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity by Jeffrey M. Pilcher, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources Press, 247, pp. Cloth $60.00; paper $19.95
Mexico's long-standing, large, and creative movie industry--after the United States', the most prolific in the Americas--has deserved all the scholarly attention it has gotten, and more. Most important studies have appeared only in Spanish, including works by historian Julia Tunon and journalist/novelist Elena Poniatowska, as well as film scholars...
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