El teatro en América Latina

El cine independiente norteamericano existe desde la misma consolidación del sistema de los estudios, representado entonces por nombres tan dispares como David Selznick, Ed Wood, Orson Welles, Ida Lupino, Nicholas Ray o Roger Corman. Pero es en 1959, con la cristalización del New American Cinema, cuando la independencia cinematográfica se convierte en una realidad, en un estado de ánimo, y admite ya la teoría además de la práctica. En las cincuenta películas que componen este volumen, hemos intentado ofrecer algo más que una alternativa artística y económica al cine de Hollywood,...

Edited in conjunction with the Diego Rivera Mural Museum (Museo Mural Diego Rivera), this tome reunites the work of the renowned graphic artist, caricaturist, and muralist also known as “el Chango,” whose work often graced the covers of Mexico's "Revista de revistas" magazine.

The first section, "The critical discourse in Latin America," deals with varied perspectives with the existence of a uniquely American vision. The next section, "Mapping new territories," addresses the question, as inhabitants of this hemisphere, how do we see ourselves. Section three includes topics on issues of self-definition and cultural hybridity as well as the importance of challenging historical and political constructs traditionally used to define the American experience.

In a theoretical and historical account, the research seeks to define what has been drawing in Chile at different times and in different professional areas where has been used him, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. "The Drawing in Chile" is a disciplinary practice mediated and notoriously marked by their associations with the political, economic and cultural history.