| Description |
1 online resource (231 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States
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Latinidad.
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| Summary |
In The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking, Lisa Jarvinen focuses specifically on how Hollywood lost a lucrative international Spanish-speaking audience between 1929 and 1939, along with talent it had carefully nurtured in the United States. Employing studio records from Warner Bros., Fox Films, and United Artists, Jarvinen examines the lasting effects of the transition to sound on both Hollywood practices and cultural politics in the Spanish-speaking world. Using case studies based on archival research in the United States, Spain, and Mexico, she shows how language, as a key marker of cultura. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- First responses to the challenge of sound, 1929-1930 -- Hollywood's Spanish versions, 1930-1931 -- Language controversies, 1930-1931 -- The start of national competition, 1931-1932 -- Modes of translating Hollywood films, 1930-1935 -- Fox film's prestige Spanish productions, 1932-1935 -- Exaggerating the national, 1934-1939 -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Motion pictures, Spanish -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures, Spanish. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jarvinen, Lisa. Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking : Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939. Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, ©2012 |
| ISBN |
9780813553283 (electronic book) |
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0813553288 (electronic book) |
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9780813552859 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813552850 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813552866 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0813552869 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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