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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781477313466
035 _a(DE-B1597)587043
035 _a(OCoLC)1280944031
040 _aDE-B1597
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050 0 0 _aPN1995.9.S284
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082 0 4 _a791.43/653
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aRohrer, Seraina
_eautore
245 1 3 _aLa India María :
_bMexploitation and the Films of María Elena Velasco /
_cSeraina Rohrer.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a1 online resource (220 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_tChapter 1. La India María: From Vaudeville to the Big Screen --
_tChapter 2. Mexploitation --
_tChapter 3. Box-Office Moneymakers and Small-Screen Hits --
_tChapter 4. Hated by Critics, Loved by the People --
_tChapter 5. Crossing Borders: India María’s Diaspora --
_tEpilogue. India María and Mexploitation Today --
_tOverview of India María Films --
_tFilmography --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
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520 _aLa India María—a humble and stubborn indigenous Mexican woman—is one of the most popular characters of the Mexican stage, television, and film. Created and portrayed by María Elena Velasco, La India María has delighted audiences since the late 1960s with slapstick humor that slyly critiques discrimination and the powerful. At the same time, however, many critics have derided the iconic figure as a racist depiction of a negative stereotype and dismissed the India María films as exploitation cinema unworthy of serious attention. By contrast, La India María builds a convincing case for María Elena Velasco as an artist whose work as a director and producer—rare for women in Mexican cinema—has been widely and unjustly overlooked. Drawing on extensive interviews with Velasco, her family, and film industry professionals, as well as on archival research, Seraina Rohrer offers the first full account of Velasco’s life; her portrayal of La India María in vaudeville, television, and sixteen feature film comedies, including Ni de aquí, ni de allá [Neither here, nor there]; and her controversial reception in Mexico and the United States. Rohrer traces the films’ financing, production, and distribution, as well as censorship practices of the period, and compares them to other Mexploitation films produced at the same time. Adding a new chapter to the history of a much-understudied period of Mexican cinema commonly referred to as “la crisis,” this pioneering research enriches our appreciation of Mexploitation films.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650 0 _aExploitation films
_zMexico
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aExploitation films-Mexico-History and criticism.
650 0 _aLow budget films
_zMexico
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aLow budget films-Mexico-History and criticism.
650 0 _aMotion pictures
_xSocial aspects
_zMexico.
650 0 _aSensationalism in motion pictures.
650 0 _aVelasco, María Elena.
650 0 _aWomen in motion pictures.
650 0 _aWomen motion picture producers and directors
_zMexico.
650 0 _aWomen motion picture producers and directors-Mexico.
650 7 _aPERFORMING ARTS / General.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/313442
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781477313466
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