Humor in Latin American Cinema

This book addresses a variety of regional humor traditions such as exploitation cinema, Brazilian chanchada, the Cantinflas heritage, the comedy of manners and light sexuality, iconic figures and characters, as well as a variety of humor registers evident in different Latin American films.

Author: Juan Poblete
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/02/2015
Pages: 279
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781137549457

About the Author
Juan Poblete is Professor of Latin/o American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. He is the co-editor of Redrawing The Nation: National Identities in Latin/o American Comics (Palgrave, 2009) and Sports and Nationalism in Latin/o America (Palgrave, 2015).

Juana Suárez is Visiting Scholar at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, USA. She is the author of Critical Essays on Colombian Cinema: Cinembargo Colombia (Palgrave, 2012).

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