El vampiro y el sexo / The Vampire and Sex (René Cardona, 1969)
El Santo, sexploitation films and politics in Mexico 1968
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13086352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dolores Tierney (0000-0002-6793-3652, University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 411-427 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Porn Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23268743.2019.1627903 |
| OpenAlex | W2953357048 |
| Language | ES |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
Taking a cue from Eric Schaefer and Linda Williams, whose work underlines the value of studying sex/adult films and sex in films as a significant part of cultural and social histories, this article explores the production and subsequent disavowal of El vampiro y el sexo/The Vampire and Sex, a Mexican erotic film and alternate version of popular horror/wrestling hybrid Santo en el Tesoro de Drácula/Santo and Dracula’s Treasure made ‘only for export’ in 1968. The article analyzes how El vampiro y el sexo’s ‘dirty parts’ might signify the context of dominant and countercultural values in Mexico in 1968: particularly in relation to its emergent student movement and the repressions imposed by the country’s politically authoritarian regime. The article explores El vampiro y el sexo as part of an upswing in production of sexy films, analyzing the textual and political reasons why softcore, alternate versions like El vampiro y el sexo were deemed problematic enough to determine them for export only whilst other sexy films could be shown with an 18 rating
Art · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Vampire · Cinema and Media Studies · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
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Mexican Masculinities
Mexican Cinema
Magical Reels
José Mojica Marins and the cultural politics of marginality in third world film criticism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |