{"product_id":"border-bandits-camilla-fojas-9780292718630","title":"Border Bandits: Hollywood on the Southern Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003e The southern frontier is one of the most emotionally charged zones in the United States, second only to its historical predecessor and partner, the western frontier. Though they span many genres, border films share common themes, trace the mood swings of public policy, and shape our cultural agenda. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this examination, Camilla Fojas studies how major Hollywood films exploit the border between Mexico and the United States to tell a story about U.S. dominance in the American hemisphere. She charts the shift from the mythos of the open western frontier to that of the embattled southern frontier by offering in-depth analyses of particular border films, from post-World War II Westerns to drug-trafficking films to contemporary Latino\/a cinema, within their historical and political contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fojas argues that Hollywood border films do important social work by offering a cinematic space through which viewers can manage traumatic and undesirable histories and ultimately reaffirm core \"American\" values. At the same time, these border narratives delineate opposing values and ideas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Latino border films offer a critical vantage onto these topics; they challenge the presumptions of U.S. nationalism and subsequent cultural attitudes about immigrants and immigration, and often critically reconstruct their Hollywood kin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By analyzing films such as \u003ci\u003eDuel in the Sun, The Wild Bunch, El Norte, The Border, Traffic, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain, \u003c\/i\u003e Fojas demands that we reexamine the powerful mythology of the Hollywood borderlands. This detailed scrutiny recognizes that these films are part of a national narrative comprised of many texts and symbols that create the myth of the United States as capital of the Americas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Camilla Fojas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292718632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292718630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Camilla Fojas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981531021567,"sku":"9780292718630","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f6c5e8a-965b-4751-8371-1d108b020085.jpg?v=1683256123","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/border-bandits-camilla-fojas-9780292718630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}