Humor in Latin American Cinema

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Cinema and Humor in Latin America: An Introduction....Pages 1-28
Luis Sandrini’s Stutter, Early Argentine Film Comedy, and the Representability of Time....Pages 29-46
“Comrades, There Are Moments in Life That Are Truly Momentary”: Cantinflas and the Administration of Public Matters....Pages 47-66
The Laugh of Niní Marshall: Comic Performance and Gender Performativity in Argentinean Classical Cinema....Pages 67-84
The Early Comedies of Tomás Gutiérrez Alea....Pages 85-108
Backwardness and Modernity in the Rural Tradition of Mazzaropi Comedies....Pages 109-128
Enrique Cahen Salaberry and Hugo Sofovich: Humor Strategies in the Films Featuring the Duo Alberto Olmedo and Jorge Porcel....Pages 129-154
Colombian Popular Comedy for Dummies: The Nieto Roa and Dago García Producciones Formula....Pages 155-182
Invasion of the Nacos! Mocking Social Prejudice in Contemporary Mexican Cinema....Pages 183-202
Humorous Affects: Romantic Comedies in Contemporary Mexico....Pages 203-222
Who’s Laughing Now? Indigenous Media and the Politics of Humor....Pages 223-246
A Sense of Humor and Society in Three Chilean Comedies: Taxi para tres, Sexo con Amor, and Super, Todo Chile adentro....Pages 247-266
Back Matter....Pages 267-279