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José Mojica Marins and the cultural politics of marginality in third world film criticism

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posted on 2023-06-08, 07:41 authored by Dolores TierneyDolores Tierney
This article seeks to revise and question the cultural politics through which Third World film criticism has historically constructed Latin American continental and national film canons. To this end it reassesses the highly politicized notion of an imperfect, marginal or alternative cinema promoted in the 1960s by filmmakers like the Brazilian Glauber Rocha and the Cuban Julio Garca Espinosa by looking at the contemporaneous exploitation cinema of Brazils Jos Mojica Marins. The article suggests that what makes Mojicas work significant is the fact that it challenges the elitist, high cultural standards on which Brazils Cinema Novo is judged the representative of Brazilian cinema of 1960s by subverting the idea of what a an imperfect/marginal/alternative cinema is.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies

ISSN

1356-9325

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

1

Volume

13

Page range

63-78

Pages

16.0

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  • Media and Film Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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