New Documentaries in Latin America
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), x, 287 pp.
Contains illustrations
Series: Global Cinema
ISBN 978-1-137-29134-9 (ebook); 978-1-137-29133-2 (pbk)
"Examining the vast breadth and diversity of contemporary documentary production, while also situating nonfiction film and video within the cultural, political, and socio-economic history of the region, this book addresses topics such as documentary aesthetics, indigenous media, and transnational filmmaking, among others." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Vinicius Navarro and Juan Carlos Rodríguez, 1
PART I: AESTHETICS AND POLITICS
1 A Poetics of the Trace / Ana M. López, 25
2 First-Person Documentary and the New Political Subject: Enunciation, Recent History, and the Present in New Argentine Cinema / Antonio Gómez, 45
3 Under the Surface of the Image: Cultural Narrative, Symbolic Landscapes, and National Identity in the Films of Jorge de León and Armando Capó / Ruth Goldberg, 59
4 Performance in Brazilian Documentaries / Vinicius Navarro, 75
5 Narrative, Visibility, and Trauma in Bus 174 / Cecilia Sayad, 91
6 Residual Images and Political Time: Memory and History in Chile, Obstinate Memory and City of Photographers / José Miguel Palacios, 107
PART II: COMMUNITY AND INDIGENOUS MEDIA
7 Reenact, Reimagine: Performative Indigenous Documentaries of Bolivia and Brazil /Amalia Córdova, 123
8 An Other Documentary Is Possible: Indy Solidarity Video and Aesthetic Politics / Freya Schiwy, 145
9 Chilean Political Documentary Video of the 1980s / Antonio Traverso and Germán Liñero, 167
PART III: LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND TRANSNATIONAL DIALOGUES
10 Bolivia in View / Michael Chanan, 187
11 Intimate Spaces and Migrant Imaginaries: Sandra Gómez, Susana Barriga, and Heidi Hassan,
Susan Lord and Zaira Zarza, 199
12 Documentary on Wheels: Car Culture in Karen Rossi's Isla Chatarra / Juan Carlos Rodríguez, 219
13 Rasquache Mockumentary: Alex Rivera's Why Cybraceros? / Debra A. Castillo, 235
PART I: AESTHETICS AND POLITICS
1 A Poetics of the Trace / Ana M. López, 25
2 First-Person Documentary and the New Political Subject: Enunciation, Recent History, and the Present in New Argentine Cinema / Antonio Gómez, 45
3 Under the Surface of the Image: Cultural Narrative, Symbolic Landscapes, and National Identity in the Films of Jorge de León and Armando Capó / Ruth Goldberg, 59
4 Performance in Brazilian Documentaries / Vinicius Navarro, 75
5 Narrative, Visibility, and Trauma in Bus 174 / Cecilia Sayad, 91
6 Residual Images and Political Time: Memory and History in Chile, Obstinate Memory and City of Photographers / José Miguel Palacios, 107
PART II: COMMUNITY AND INDIGENOUS MEDIA
7 Reenact, Reimagine: Performative Indigenous Documentaries of Bolivia and Brazil /Amalia Córdova, 123
8 An Other Documentary Is Possible: Indy Solidarity Video and Aesthetic Politics / Freya Schiwy, 145
9 Chilean Political Documentary Video of the 1980s / Antonio Traverso and Germán Liñero, 167
PART III: LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND TRANSNATIONAL DIALOGUES
10 Bolivia in View / Michael Chanan, 187
11 Intimate Spaces and Migrant Imaginaries: Sandra Gómez, Susana Barriga, and Heidi Hassan,
Susan Lord and Zaira Zarza, 199
12 Documentary on Wheels: Car Culture in Karen Rossi's Isla Chatarra / Juan Carlos Rodríguez, 219
13 Rasquache Mockumentary: Alex Rivera's Why Cybraceros? / Debra A. Castillo, 235
