Children on the Threshold in Contemporary Latin American Cinema

Auteur

Rachel Randall is Leverhulme Post-Doctoral Fellow in Portuguese and Spanish at the University of Oxford.

Texte du rabat

This book contends that child characters have taken on a critical representational role within Latin American cinema because of their position on the threshold between "nature" and "culture," which converts them into a focus of, and a limit to, state or colonial biopower.

Contenu

Contents Introduction Part One Chapter One: Rural Boyhoods in Brazil and Colombia Chapter Two: Children and 'Bare Life' Under Military Dictatorship Chapter Three: Childhood, Movement and Play Part Two Chapter Four: Privileged Girlhoods and Processes of Transition Chapter Five: 'I'm No Street Urchin!' Chapter Six: Indigenous Girlhoods in Brazil and Colombia Conclusion Bibliography About the Author