De lo popular a lo masivo: la Revolución mexicana en el cine de la época de oro (1936-1959)

In this text we maintain that the representations of the Mexican Revolution in the Golden Age movies show a set of rationalities and speeches that legitimize a well-ordered and sanitized view of the revolution. We claim that these narratives contribute to the articulation and strengthening of cultur...

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Main Author: Juan Pablo Silva Escobar
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Language:Spanish
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2018-06-01
Series:Caravelle
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/3267
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description In this text we maintain that the representations of the Mexican Revolution in the Golden Age movies show a set of rationalities and speeches that legitimize a well-ordered and sanitized view of the revolution. We claim that these narratives contribute to the articulation and strengthening of cultural nationalism, which introduces a myth – in the Barthesian sense of the term – that tends to legitimize a depoliticized discourse about the armed struggle.
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De lo popular a lo masivo: la Revolución mexicana en el cine de la época de oro (1936-1959)
Caravelle
Representation
Myth
Industrial cinema
Popular culture
Ideology
title De lo popular a lo masivo: la Revolución mexicana en el cine de la época de oro (1936-1959)
title_full De lo popular a lo masivo: la Revolución mexicana en el cine de la época de oro (1936-1959)
title_fullStr De lo popular a lo masivo: la Revolución mexicana en el cine de la época de oro (1936-1959)
title_full_unstemmed De lo popular a lo masivo: la Revolución mexicana en el cine de la época de oro (1936-1959)
title_short De lo popular a lo masivo: la Revolución mexicana en el cine de la época de oro (1936-1959)
title_sort de lo popular a lo masivo la revolucion mexicana en el cine de la epoca de oro 1936 1959
topic Representation
Myth
Industrial cinema
Popular culture
Ideology
url https://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/3267
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