{"product_id":"screening-cuba-hector-amaya-9780252035593","title":"Screening Cuba: Film Criticism as Political Performance During the Cold War","description":"Hector Amaya advances into new territory in Latin American and U.S. cinema studies in this innovative analysis of the differing critical receptions of Cuban film in Cuba and the United States during the Cold War. Synthesizing film reviews, magazine articles, and other primary documents, \u003ci\u003eScreening Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e compares Cuban and U.S. reactions to four Cuban films: \u003ci\u003eMemories of Underdevelopment, Lucia, One Way or Another, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePortrait of Teresa.\u003c\/i\u003e In examining cultural production through the lens of the Cold War, Amaya reveals how contrasting interpretations of Cuban and U.S. critics are the result of the political cultures in which they operated. While Cuban critics viewed the films as powerful symbols of the social promises of the Cuban revolution, liberal and leftist American critics found meaning in the films as representations of anti-establishment progressive values and Cold War discourses. By contrasting the hermeneutics of Cuban and U.S. culture, criticism, and citizenship, Amaya argues that critical receptions of political films constitute a kind of civic public behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hector Amaya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252035593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252035593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011","brand":"Hector Amaya","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064801636607,"sku":"9780252035593","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8be6b23-3e73-447f-9261-12be8786d1bf.jpg?v=1768671119","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/screening-cuba-hector-amaya-9780252035593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}