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FIGURAS FANTASMAGÓRICAS EN EL CINE LATINOAMERICANO DEL SIGLO XXI: TRAUMA Y HUELLAS DE CRISIS EN EL IMAGINARIO DE LA CIUDAD CONTEMPORÁNEA

Rueda, Maria Carolina (2013) FIGURAS FANTASMAGÓRICAS EN EL CINE LATINOAMERICANO DEL SIGLO XXI: TRAUMA Y HUELLAS DE CRISIS EN EL IMAGINARIO DE LA CIUDAD CONTEMPORÁNEA. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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PHANTASMAGORIC IMAGINATION IN XXI-CENTURY LATIN AMERICAN
CINEMA: FIGURES OF TRAUMA AND CRISIS IN THE CONTEMPORARY CITY
Carolina Rueda, PhD
University of Pittsburgh, 2012
My dissertation is dedicated to an innovative theme that is underrepresented in Latin American cultural studies and beyond: Phantasmagoric Imagination in Post-2000 Latin American Cinema. I have chosen a heterogeneous group of films from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru, all of them produced after two thousand. While speaking of the insertion of Latin American film productions in today's global culture market, these films reflect
on particular socio-psychological, economic and political phenomena that have been emerging from the megacities of the Global South. The accent is placed on the urban/metropolitan setting and its function in the production of significations. Within this setting, my project focuses on everyday life turned into situations of conflict, unprecedented forms of alienation, and a shocking variety of experiences of crisis, as well as survival. Trauma imprinted in the body, the idea of besieged cities, scenarios of informal economy, issues associated with diaspora, and science fiction and post-catastrophe cinema are the subjects discussed in the six chapters of this dissertation.
Walter Benjamin's “Phantasmagoria” is the central theoretical concept used to examine patterns of affective and psychological processes that remain hidden in the historical individual and collective unconscious. These patterns can be identified by observing people's behavior, and by reflecting upon the materiality of the surfaces that the film images provide. I place the accent
on the global aspect as well as on the unconscious, considering the “invisible hand” of advanced globalization and its effects on life and imaginaries in the megacities of the Global South today.
More specific issues associated with Latin America and the urban space in the new millennium are discussed in dialogue with Mike Davis’ writings on globalization, the theoretical studies of Latin American culture provided by Angel Rama in The Lettered City, Hermann Herlinghaus’ concept of “affective marginalization,” and Aníbal Quijano’s post-colonial approach to Latin American culture, among others.


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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Rueda, Maria Carolinakarolina.rueda@gmail.com
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee CoChairHerlinghaus, Hermannhermann.herlinghaus@romanistik.uni-freiburg.de
Committee CoChairMonasterios, ElizabethELM15@pitt.eduELM15
Committee MemberBeverley, Johnbrq@pitt.eduBRQ
Committee MemberGiordano, Enriquegiordanomirschwaenrique60@gmail.com
Date: 29 January 2013
Date Type: Publication
Defense Date: 29 November 2012
Approval Date: 29 January 2013
Submission Date: 6 December 2012
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Number of Pages: 246
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Hispanic Languages and Literatures
Degree: PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: Latin American Film; Latin American Urban Cinema; Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema
Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2013 23:34
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2016 14:08
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16847

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