<strong>Mexican National Cinema</strong> offers an account of the development of Mexican cinemafrom the intense cultural nationalism of the Mexican Revolution t... » 

Mexican National Cinema offers an account of the development of Mexican cinemafrom the intense cultural nationalism of the Mexican Revolution through theGolden Age of the 1940s and the Nuevo Cine of the 1960s to the renaissancein Mexican cinema in the 1990s.The book moves from broad historical and theoretical context particularlytheories of nation emergent discourses of mexicanidad and the establishmentand development of the Mexican industry towards readings of key film texts andgenres. Individual chapters discuss the relationship between Hollywood cinemaand Mexican cinema the stars of the Golden Age the role of foreign auteursin the founding of Mexican cinema tensions in the industry in the 1960s andthe national and international reception of contemporary films and filmmakers.The author then examines the portrayal of Mexican nationhood through criticalanalysis of film genres including Revolutionary films machismo andmexicanidad the prostitute and the work of female auteurs. «