The Fall of Virtuous Men
Mexican Film Noir, and the Crisis of Values in the Postrevolutionary State, 1950-1959
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2099111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Chávez Landeros (0000-0003-0378-2573, University of New Hampshire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 797-816 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/lar.2023.11 |
| OpenAlex | W4323317331 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
International reconsideration of Mexican film noir is a recent phenomenon. For decades, Mexican film criticism tended to dismiss the importance of this tradition and even to deny its existence, often citing the presence of melodramatic elements in would-be noir films and the lack of a crime novel tradition for screen adaptations. By comparing two Mexican films to similar American productions and examining the local political and economic conditions of the former, this article argues that Mexican film noir had its own pessimistic viewpoints, which were borrowed from journalism and the illustrated press. These viewpoints were based on existing social ailments and delivered relevant criticism of the institutions, classism, and sexual norms of the postrevolutionary Mexican state of the 1940s and 1950s
Aesthetics · Art · Criticism · Epistemology · Journalism · Mexican State · Pessimism · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · Viewpoints · Cinema and Media Studies · Cinema History and Criticism · Gender Studies · Law · Media, Journalism, and Communication History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |