Remaking Home: Domestic Spaces in Argentine and Chilean Film, 2005-2015 (Pitt Illuminations)
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Remaking Home: Domestic Spaces in Argentine and Chilean Film, 2005-2015 (Pitt Illuminations)

Remaking Home: Domestic Spaces in Argentine and Chilean Film, 2005-2015 (Pitt Illuminations)

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Paul Merchant (Author)  

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Houses, in the Argentine and Chilean films of the early 21st-century, provide much more than a backdrop to on-screen drama. Nor are they simply refuges from political turmoil or spaces of oppression. This volume argues that domestic spaces are instead the medium through which new, fragile common identities are constructed. The varied documentary and fiction films analyzed here face=Calibri> - which include an early work by Oscar-winner Sebastian Lelio face=Calibri> - use the domestic sphere as a laboratory in which to experiment with narrative, with audiovisual techniques, and with social configurations. Where previous scholarship has focused on the social fragmentation and political disillusionment visible in contemporary film, this book argues that in order to properly account for the political agency of cinema, it is necessary to move beyond deconstructive critical approaches to Latin American culture. In doing so, it expands the theoretical scope of studies in Latin American cinema by finding new points of contact between the cultural critique of Nelly Richard, the work of Bruno Latour, and theories of new materialism.
Vincent Wixon, scholar in the William Stafford Archives, is the author of three books of poetry: Blue Moon, The Square Grove, and Seed. He has coproduced documentary films on Lawson Inada and William Stafford. His article written with
  • Contributor: Paul Merchant
  • Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
  • ISBN13: 9780822946908
  • Number of Pages: 256
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Release Date: 2022-09-28
  • Series: Pitt Illuminations
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Vincent Wixon, scholar in the William Stafford Archives, is the author of three books of poetry: Blue Moon, The Square Grove, and Seed. He has coproduced documentary films on Lawson Inada and William Stafford. His article written with

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