Film policy under globalization
The case of Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12340779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Armida De La Garza (0000-0001-7720-6275, University College Cork, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 758-769 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10286632.2016.1223639 |
| OpenAlex | W2538347880 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
The changing economic and technological conditions often referred to as ‘globalization’ have had a deep impact on the very nature of the state, and thus on the aims, objectives and implementation of cultural policy, including film policy. In this paper, I discuss the main changes in film policy there have been in Mexico, comparing the time when the welfare state regarded cinema as crucial to the construction of national identity, and actively supported national cinema at the production, distribution and exhibition levels (about 1920–1980), and the recent onset of neoliberal policies, during which the industry was privatized and globalized. I argue that the result has been a transformation of film production, from the properly ‘national’ cinema it was during the welfare state – that is, having a role in nation building, democratization processes and being an important part of the public sphere – into a kind of genre, catering to a very small niche audience both domestically and internationally. However, exhibition and digital distribution have been strengthened, perhaps pointing towards a more meaningful post-national cinema
Art · Cultural policy · Democracy · Democratization · Exhibition · Film industry · Globalization · Movie theater · National identity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Visual arts · Welfare state · Cinema and Media Studies · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2019 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |