Latin American Silent Cinema
Triangulation and the Politics of Criollo Aesthetics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2939845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul A Schroeder Rodríguez (0009-0007-6445-9434, corresponding author), Paul A Schroeder Rodríguez Paul A Schroeder Rodríguez |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 33-58 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/lar.0.0049 |
| OpenAlex | W2156587001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 9 |
Despite its important role in the construction of imagined communities throughout the region, the study of silent cinema in Latin America has barely gone beyond an initial stage of unearthing national and regional cinemas to a more comparative and critical study of trends and ideologies from a transnational perspective. This essay outlines such a comparative history by using the spatiotemporal metaphor of triangulation as a framework for theorizing the politics of criollo aesthetics, and by combining a diachronic examination of major trends with synchronic close readings of paradigmatic films. The periodization and selection of films respond, in turn, to a broader consideration of how ideology, aesthetics, and economics intersect in the evolution of filmic practices in Latin America during the silent era. Finally, in the conclusion, I argue that the most important legacy of this period of Latin American cinema on subsequent filmmaking in the region is not so much the elaboration of a criollo aesthetics, which would not survive beyond the silent period, but rather the development of the strategy of triangulation, whereby Latin American filmmakers navigated a global cinematic landscape from a position of marginality
Art · Art history · Cartography · Geography · Movie theater · Political science · Politics · Triangulation · Cinema History and Criticism · Latin American Literature Studies · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |