Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema

<p><em>The Routledge Companion to Latin American</em> <i>Cinema</i> is the most comprehensive survey of Latin American cinemas available in a single volume. While highlighting state-of-the-field research essays also offer readers a cohesive overview of multiple facets of filmmaking in the region from the production system and aesthetic tendencies to the nature of circulation and reception. The volume recognizes the recent new cinemas in Argentina Brazil Chile and Mexico and at the same time provides a much deeper understanding of the contemporary moment by commenting on the aesthetic trends and industrial structures in earlier periods. The collection features essays by established scholars as well as up-and-coming investigators in ways that depart from existing scholarship and suggest new directions for the field.</p>