Border Witness

Reimagining the US-Mexico Borderlands through Film

AvMichael Dear

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

What a century of border films teaches about the real and imagined worlds of the US-Mexico borderlands—and how this understanding helps build better relations across boundaries. Border Witness is an account of cultural collision and fusion between Mexico and the United States, as seen on the ground and in films from the past hundred years. Blending film studies with political and cultural geography, Michael Dear investigates the making of cross-border identity and community in the territories between two nations. Border Witness introduces a new "border film" genre just now entering its golden age. A geographer and activist, Dear adopts an accessible and engaged perspective, combining the stories told by these films with insights drawn from his own decades-long research and travel. From early silent films to virtual reality, and from revolution to the present global crisis, border films provide fresh evidence for real and imagined politics and for envisioning future transborder architectures carved from in-between spaces. In an era of global geopolitics that favors walls and war over diplomacy, Dear's insights have relevance for borders around the world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-21
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:318
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520391949

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Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Michael Dear is author of Why Walls Won't Work and other works on border urbanism, Latinx culture in Los Angeles, and the urban humanities. He is a critic and curator, most recently of Califas: Art of the US-Mexico Borderlands.

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"Dear’s book is a magnificent chronicle of borderlands films over a century that should be a “must-read” for border scholars and perhaps used not only in film classes but also in border studies courses to supplement the often-dry readings assigned in our twenty-first century visual world."

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Part 1 Origins1. Border Witness: From the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico 2. Bisected Bodies: Early Silent Films3. Making Filmscapes 4. Using Film as Evidence5. Revolution and Modernization6. The Great Migrations7. Border Film NoirPart 2 Fusions8. Borderlands before Borders9. From Final Girl to Woman Warrior10. Narco Nations: Men at War 11. Lives of the Undocumented12. Moral Tales, Border Law 13. Border Walls: Screen Folly and Fantasy 14. The Mexican Dream/El Sueño MexicanoPart 3 Witness15. A Golden Age for Border Film16. Ways of Seeing the Border (Beyond Film)17. Border Witness of the FutureAcknowledgmentsAppendix 1: Chronological FilmographyAppendix 2: Alphabetical FilmographyAppendix 3: Map of US-Mexico BorderlandsNotesReferencesIndex