La tradition d'utilisation du corps nu comme instrument de résistance politique a débuté il y a p... more La tradition d'utilisation du corps nu comme instrument de résistance politique a débuté il y a plus d'un siècle dans les Prairies canadiennes, lorsque les partisans d'une secte religieuse d'immigrants russes, connue sous le nom de Doukhobor Sons of Freedom, ont commencé à manifester nus pour contester les politiques assimilationnistes du gouvernement. Cette tactique permit d'attirer régulièrement l'attention de la culture médiatique canadienne de l'après-guerre et inspira l'un des premiers films de sexploitation du pays, The Naked Flame (Larry Matanski, 1964), largement oublié. Le présent article situe la production et la réception de ce film dans le cadre du discours contemporain des universitaires, des parlementaires et des médias sur le « problème doukhobor ». En outre, il examine la façon dont le film utilise la nudité et d'autres tropes du cinéma de sexploitation pour mettre en relief le statut précaire et dangereux de la souveraineté des Svobodniki au Canada et pour justifier, en termes cinématographiques, les politiques coercitives du gouvernement afin d'assimiler les citoyens blancs « problématiques » dans les années 1960.
Latinx TV in the Twenty-First Century offers an expansive and critical look at contemporary telev... more Latinx TV in the Twenty-First Century offers an expansive and critical look at contemporary television by and about U.S. Latinx communities. This volume is comprehensive in its coverage while diving into detailed and specific examples as it navigates the complex and ever-changing world of Latinx representation and creation in television.
In this volume, editor Frederick Luis Aldama brings together leading experts who show how Latinx TV is shaped by historical, social, cultural, regional, and global contexts. Contributors address head on harmful stereotypes in Latinx representation while giving key insights to a positive path forward. TV narratives by and about Latinx people exist across all genres. In this century, we see Latinx people in sitcoms, sci-fi, noir, soap operas, rom-coms, food shows, dramas, action-adventure, and more. Latinx people appear in television across all formats, from quick webisodes, to serialized big-arc narratives, to animation and everything in between. The diverse array of contributors to this volume delve into this rich landscape of Latinx TV from 2000 to today, spanning the ever-widening range of genres and platforms.
The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex, and Latin American Culture, 2018
It was springtime in Mexico City, and the boulevards were sweet on Jesus. Under the pink bloom of... more It was springtime in Mexico City, and the boulevards were sweet on Jesus. Under the pink bloom of the jacaranda trees, amidst the Sunday throngs at Plaza Hidalgo; along the newsstands and across the racks of bootleg DVDs dividing the stalls of the tianguis, the image of Jesus-Jesus by way of James Caviezel-had flourished in the warming landscape. His shadows thriving under the imperious sun. His sorrows circling like the farewell notes of "Cielito Lindo" over the bust of a morose organ grinder.
This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cin... more This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cinema that, for over forty years, has been instrumental in shaping narco-culture in Mexico and the US borderlands. Identifying classics in its mammoth catalogue and analyzing select films at length, Rashotte outlines the genre's history and aesthetic criteria. He approaches its history as an alternative to mainstream representation of the drug war and considers how its vernacular aesthetic speaks to the anxieties and desires of Latina/o audiences by celebrating regional cultures while exploring the dynamics of global transition. Despite recent federal prohibitions, narco cinema endures as a popular folk art because it reflects distinctively the experiences of those uprooted by the forces of globalization and critiques those forces in ways mainstream cinema has failed.
La tradition d'utilisation du corps nu comme instrument de résistance politique a débuté il y a p... more La tradition d'utilisation du corps nu comme instrument de résistance politique a débuté il y a plus d'un siècle dans les Prairies canadiennes, lorsque les partisans d'une secte religieuse d'immigrants russes, connue sous le nom de Doukhobor Sons of Freedom, ont commencé à manifester nus pour contester les politiques assimilationnistes du gouvernement. Cette tactique permit d'attirer régulièrement l'attention de la culture médiatique canadienne de l'après-guerre et inspira l'un des premiers films de sexploitation du pays, The Naked Flame (Larry Matanski, 1964), largement oublié. Le présent article situe la production et la réception de ce film dans le cadre du discours contemporain des universitaires, des parlementaires et des médias sur le « problème doukhobor ». En outre, il examine la façon dont le film utilise la nudité et d'autres tropes du cinéma de sexploitation pour mettre en relief le statut précaire et dangereux de la souveraineté des Svobodniki au Canada et pour justifier, en termes cinématographiques, les politiques coercitives du gouvernement afin d'assimiler les citoyens blancs « problématiques » dans les années 1960.
Latinx TV in the Twenty-First Century offers an expansive and critical look at contemporary telev... more Latinx TV in the Twenty-First Century offers an expansive and critical look at contemporary television by and about U.S. Latinx communities. This volume is comprehensive in its coverage while diving into detailed and specific examples as it navigates the complex and ever-changing world of Latinx representation and creation in television.
In this volume, editor Frederick Luis Aldama brings together leading experts who show how Latinx TV is shaped by historical, social, cultural, regional, and global contexts. Contributors address head on harmful stereotypes in Latinx representation while giving key insights to a positive path forward. TV narratives by and about Latinx people exist across all genres. In this century, we see Latinx people in sitcoms, sci-fi, noir, soap operas, rom-coms, food shows, dramas, action-adventure, and more. Latinx people appear in television across all formats, from quick webisodes, to serialized big-arc narratives, to animation and everything in between. The diverse array of contributors to this volume delve into this rich landscape of Latinx TV from 2000 to today, spanning the ever-widening range of genres and platforms.
The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex, and Latin American Culture, 2018
It was springtime in Mexico City, and the boulevards were sweet on Jesus. Under the pink bloom of... more It was springtime in Mexico City, and the boulevards were sweet on Jesus. Under the pink bloom of the jacaranda trees, amidst the Sunday throngs at Plaza Hidalgo; along the newsstands and across the racks of bootleg DVDs dividing the stalls of the tianguis, the image of Jesus-Jesus by way of James Caviezel-had flourished in the warming landscape. His shadows thriving under the imperious sun. His sorrows circling like the farewell notes of "Cielito Lindo" over the bust of a morose organ grinder.
This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cin... more This book provides the first comprehensive study of narco cinema, a cross-border exploitation cinema that, for over forty years, has been instrumental in shaping narco-culture in Mexico and the US borderlands. Identifying classics in its mammoth catalogue and analyzing select films at length, Rashotte outlines the genre's history and aesthetic criteria. He approaches its history as an alternative to mainstream representation of the drug war and considers how its vernacular aesthetic speaks to the anxieties and desires of Latina/o audiences by celebrating regional cultures while exploring the dynamics of global transition. Despite recent federal prohibitions, narco cinema endures as a popular folk art because it reflects distinctively the experiences of those uprooted by the forces of globalization and critiques those forces in ways mainstream cinema has failed.
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In this volume, editor Frederick Luis Aldama brings together leading experts who show how Latinx TV is shaped by historical, social, cultural, regional, and global contexts. Contributors address head on harmful stereotypes in Latinx representation while giving key insights to a positive path forward. TV narratives by and about Latinx people exist across all genres. In this century, we see Latinx people in sitcoms, sci-fi, noir, soap operas, rom-coms, food shows, dramas, action-adventure, and more. Latinx people appear in television across all formats, from quick webisodes, to serialized big-arc narratives, to animation and everything in between. The diverse array of contributors to this volume delve into this rich landscape of Latinx TV from 2000 to today, spanning the ever-widening range of genres and platforms.
Books by Ryan Rashotte
In this volume, editor Frederick Luis Aldama brings together leading experts who show how Latinx TV is shaped by historical, social, cultural, regional, and global contexts. Contributors address head on harmful stereotypes in Latinx representation while giving key insights to a positive path forward. TV narratives by and about Latinx people exist across all genres. In this century, we see Latinx people in sitcoms, sci-fi, noir, soap operas, rom-coms, food shows, dramas, action-adventure, and more. Latinx people appear in television across all formats, from quick webisodes, to serialized big-arc narratives, to animation and everything in between. The diverse array of contributors to this volume delve into this rich landscape of Latinx TV from 2000 to today, spanning the ever-widening range of genres and platforms.