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Modernity at the Movies: Cinema-Going in Buenos Aires and Santiago, 1915-1945

by Camila Gatica Mizala
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780822968467
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 266
  • Original Price: USD 35.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 354 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Latin America / South America

Cinema can both reflect the world as it is and offer escape from it. In Modernity at the Movies, Camila Gatica Mizala explores the ideas of reflection versus escapism and examines how modes of understanding the current moment emerged through the practice of going to the movies in Santiago and Buenos Aires between 1915 and 1945. Using cinema and variety magazines published in both cities, she analyzes the technology, architecture, attendance, behavior, language, censorship, and overall experience of cinema-going. Gatica Mizala brings together the perception and reception of cinema as a modern art form, shifting the focus from the production of films to the experience of the audience when viewing them. By focusing on the audience instead of the films, this study effectively articulates the ways that cinema, as a modern activity, was incorporated into everyday life and discuss what it meant to be modern in early- to mid-century Latin America.

Camila Gatica Mizala is assistant professor at Universidad de Chile's Department of Historical Sciences, where she teaches modules on contemporary history of the Americas and images in Latin American history. Her research focuses on film reception in urban contexts and cultural diplomacy.

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