{"product_id":"la-india-maria-mexploitation-and-the-films-of-maria-elena-velasco-paperback-softback-9781477313459","title":"La India María; Mexploitation and the Films of María Elena Velasco (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477313459","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLa India María\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMexploitation and the Films of María Elena Velasco\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSeraina Rohrer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477313459, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 January 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.367 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRohrer has produced a genuinely ground-breaking account of popular Mexican cinema through the prism of this specific director-producer-star.\u003c\/div\u003e (The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory) \u003cdiv\u003eRohrer charts the rise of [MarÍa Elena] Velasco from vaudeville performer to comedic icon...The film historical interventions of the project are the book’s strength, but Rohrer’s project of recovery also discusses the narratives of Velasco’s films in relation to Mexploitation tropes and genres in order to identify the different symbolic functions of her India MarÍa character.\u003c\/div\u003e (Revista de Esudios Hispánicos)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa 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, \u003ci\u003eLa India MarÍa\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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 \u003ci\u003eNi de aquÍ, ni de allÁ\u003c\/i\u003e [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 “\u003ci\u003ela crisis\u003c\/i\u003e,” this pioneering research enriches our appreciation of Mexploitation films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. La India MarÍ\u003cbr\u003ea: From Vaudeville to the Big Screen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Mexploitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Box-Office Moneymakers and Small-Screen Hits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Hated by Critics, Loved by the People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Crossing Borders: India MarÍ\u003cbr\u003ea’\u003cbr\u003es Diaspora\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: India MarÍ\u003cbr\u003ea and Mexploitation Today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverview of India MarÍ\u003cbr\u003ea Films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilmography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589120356632,"sku":"9781477313459","price":18.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/la-india-maria-mexploitation-and-the-films-of-maria-elena-velasco-paperback-softback-9781477313459","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}