The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema
The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin America proposes a cinematic cartography of contemporary Latin American horror films that take up the idea of the American continent as a space of radical otherness, or monstrosity, and use it for political
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THE MIGRATION AND POLITICS OF MONSTERS IN LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema
Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez
The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema
Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez The New School of Atlanta Atlanta, GA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-97249-7 ISBN 978-3-319-97250-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97250-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018954498 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: THEPALMER/E+/Getty Images Cover design by Tom Howey This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Contents
1 Introduction: Antipodean Horrors—The Return of Latin American Monsters 1 Bibliography 23 2 Caribbean Monsters: Gothic Migrants in the “Hot-Lands” 25 1 Undead Havana: Vampiros en la Habana, Más vampiros en la Habana, and Juan de los Muertos 26 1.1 Habanero Zombies 36 2 Puerto Rican Transformations of the Vampire in Celestino y el vampiro 48 3 A Diet of Rum, Piña Colada, and Guava 57 Bibliography 63 3 The Mexican Supernatural: Migration in Historical Reverse 67 1 The Minotaur of Mexican Horror: Guillermo del Toro 68 2 Cannibals and Cinematic Cannibalism in Somos lo que hay 79 3 From Cult Horror to Teen Horror 92 Bibliography 110
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4 Yūrei in the Andes: National Vengeance Through Hybridized Ghosts 115 1 Spectrums of Urban Violence, Gender Inequalities, and the Armed Conflict 117 1.1 At the End, the Specter-um 118 1.2 A Gho(a)stly Conflict 126 2 Peruvian Cemeteries Full of Japanese Ghosts 136 2.1 Not Alone 144 3 Asian Ghosts
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