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- catalog abstract ""Popular culture in the 1990s, especially cinema, can be considered a showcase for the accumulated hopes and fears of the twentieth century. From the promise of material goods to the profusion of despair, from devastating tragedy to exaggerated rapture, a dizzying array of images assaults the eye. Drawing on recent films from Mexico and Spain, Bored to Distraction navigates this visual terrain, from melodrama to horror, looking for what, if anything, might be excessive enough to rouse us from our comfortable everyday routines."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13044568.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Popular culture in the 1990s, especially cinema, can be considered a showcase for the accumulated hopes and fears of the twentieth century. From the promise of material goods to the profusion of despair, from devastating tragedy to exaggerated rapture, a dizzying array of images assaults the eye. Drawing on recent films from Mexico and Spain, Bored to Distraction navigates this visual terrain, from melodrama to horror, looking for what, if anything, might be excessive enough to rouse us from our comfortable everyday routines."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "At the millennium : boredom theory and middle-class desires -- Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's La tarea : not your average afterschool special -- How I spent my summer vacation : Danzon and the myth of getting away from it all -- Amores perros : throwing politics to the dogs -- Still just a dress rehearsal? : from Archibaldo de la Cruz to Penelope Cruz -- The demonic side of modernity : waiting for satan at the movies -- A few last words : waiting in the anteroom of the twenty-first century.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 201 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0791458873 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791458881 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog spatial "Mexico".
- catalog spatial "Spain".
- catalog subject "791.43/0972 21".
- catalog subject "Motion pictures Mexico History.".
- catalog subject "Motion pictures Spain History.".
- catalog subject "PN1993.5.M4 S32 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "At the millennium : boredom theory and middle-class desires -- Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's La tarea : not your average afterschool special -- How I spent my summer vacation : Danzon and the myth of getting away from it all -- Amores perros : throwing politics to the dogs -- Still just a dress rehearsal? : from Archibaldo de la Cruz to Penelope Cruz -- The demonic side of modernity : waiting for satan at the movies -- A few last words : waiting in the anteroom of the twenty-first century.".
- catalog title "Bored to distraction : cinema of excess in end-of-the-century Mexico and Spain / Claudia Schaefer.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".