México de mis inventos
Salon Music, Lyric Theater, and Nostalgia in Cine de añoranza porfiriana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3979859 |
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| Authors | Jacqueline Avila (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Music Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-0350 • E-ISSN: 1536-0199 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7560/lamr38101 |
| OpenAlex | W2618425909 |
| Language | ES |
| References cited | 3 |
Produced almost exclusively at the beginning of the 1940s, cine de añoranza porfiriana (films of Porfirian longing) is a romantic comedy genre that focuses on the pairing of two members of the upper class in Mexico at the end of the nineteenth century. The genre—set during Mexico’s thirty-five-year dictatorship known as the Porfiriato (1876–1911)—focuses on the social-climbing aristocracy and their musical practices, featuring excerpts from zarzuelas, música de salón, and teatro de revistas. Juan Bustillo Oro’s En tiempos de don Porfirio (1939) and México de mis recuerdos (1944) are two noteworthy films that intertwine musical performances in the narratives and expose the social contradictions of Porfirian culture, particularly concerning women’s roles. This article examines the intricate reimagining of Porfirian musical culture and society in Mexico’s cine de añoranza porfiriana, which functioned as a nostalgic escape for the 1940s postrevolutionary cultural elite
Art · Art history · Comedy · Dictatorship · Elite · Humanities · Literature · Musical · Political science · Politics · Romance · Salon · Cinema History and Criticism · Media, Journalism, and Communication History · Photographic and Visual Arts
| Highly cited | No |
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