Darlene J. Sadlier

Memories of Underdevelopment (eBook, PDF)

Memorias del Subdesarrollo

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) is a classic of Cuban revolutionary culture, and is hailed as a prime example of a radical style of 1960s political filmmaking that became known worldwide as Latin American "new cinema."

Darlene J. Sadlier's detailed study approaches this much-written-about film from a new perspective. Her analysis situates the film in its historical context, considering how Cuban political history affected and informed the production of the film, particularly its use of archival footage. She discusses the film as an adaptation of Edmundo Desnoes's novel Memorias del subdesarrollo (1965), exploring how the novel itself is "re-written" in significant ways by the film.

Sadlier goes on to analyse the curious opening of the film on an outdoor scene of Afro-Cubans dancing to the "new" music of Pello del Afrokán, arguing that this opening scene prefaces the film's exploration of both class and race. She focuses on the unique style of the film, particularly the use of voiceover, music and documentary footage to show how the themes of ennui, isolation, writing, and remembering are depicted. In doing so, she highlights the film's lasting impact and its role in defining Latin American "new cinema".

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839025006
• Artikelnr.: 67287762

Autorenporträt

Darlene J. Sadlier is a Professor Emerita of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, USA. She has published widely on the literature, arts and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world. Her books include Nelson Pereira dos Santos (2003), Brazil Imagined: 1500 to the Present (2008), The Portuguese-Speaking Diaspora: Seven Centuries of Literature and the Arts (2016) and A Century of Brazilian Documentary Fiction (2022) DARLENE J. SADLIER is Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Adjunct Associate Professor of Women's Studies at Indiana University. She is the author of two books published in Madrid and Brazil: Imagery and Theme in the Poetry of Cecilia Meireles: A Study of 'Mar Absoluto' and Cecilia Meireles e Joao Alphonsus.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Some Historical and Cinematic Contexts 2.
Alea as Auteur 3. A Novel and Its Translation 4. Portrait of a Nobody 5.
Sergio and Women 6. The Intellectual and the Revolution 7. The Intellectual
and the Law 8. Cuba in Crisis 9. A Note on Reception Notes Credits
Bibliography