Shields Library – 2nd Floor Instruction Room
5:15 - 6:30 PM
Wednesday, March 12
Dr. Robert McKee Irwin, UC Davis, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
"Latin American Golden Age Film: Mexico's Role in Shaping a Hemispheric Consciousness"
Dr. Ana Peluffo, UC Davis, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
"Gender and Ethnicity in Lucrecia Martel's La Ciénaga"
La ciénaga (2001),dir. Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)The title belies the complexity of Ana's wonderful presentation, as it also explores the decadence of Argentina's upper class, the indigenous/non-indigenous dynamic and the dysfunctional family among many other interesting aspects of contemporary Argentina. Lucrecia Martel used only one established actress and a very stark, shaky camera style to illustrate the bleakness of the world these characters inhabit. La ciénaga was one of my Netflix films this summer. It was great to hear it analyzed so proficiently yesterday, especially after the course this Fall...considering it in light of literatura gauchesca, Borges, Aira...
Robert's also wonderful presentation was very aptly titled. When many (most?) people in this country think of the Spanish speaking world, images of México come to mind, even when the case in point might be Argentina, which is as different from México as Milwaukee is. Those films diffused typical Mexican "images" all over the Spanish speaking world and none of the other Latin American countries could compete even closely with the cinematic production of their much wealthier neighbor to the North .
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