| Unholy Trinity: State, Church, and Film in Mexico Contributor(s): Janzen, Rebecca (Author) |
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ISBN: 143848531X ISBN-13: 9781438485317 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Film & Video - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2020053464 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rebecca Janzen brings a unique applied understanding of religion to bear on analysis of Mexican cinema from the Golden Age of the 1930s onward. Unholy Trinity first examines canonical films like Emilio Fern ndez's Mar a Candelaria and R o Escondido that mythologize Mexico's past, suggesting that religious imagery and symbols are used to negotiate the place of religion in a modernizing society. It next studies films of the 1970s, which use motifs of corruption and illicit sexuality to critique both church and state. Finally, an examination of films from the 1990s and 2000s, including Guita Schyfter's Novia que te vea, a film that portrays Mexico City's Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish communities in the twentieth century, and Carlos Carrera's controversial 2002 film El crimen del padre Amaro, arguing that religious imagery--related to the Catholic Church, people's interpretations of Catholicism, and representations of Jewish communities in Mexico--allow the films to critically engage with Mexican politics, identity, and social issues. |