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What Adela Says…
I have re-read Adela Fernández’s memoir-biography* of her father, El Indio Fernández: vida y mito (1986) paying particular attention to mentions of María Félix, subject of my current project. Adela Fernández y Fernández (1942-2013) was an author, scriptwriter, and director … Continue reading
Posted in Mexican film
Tagged Adela Fernández, Emilio Fernández, La Cucaracha, María Félix, Star biography, Star memoir
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YouTube as Archive: Fans, Gender and Mexican Film Stars Online
I am doing the final edits of a chapter, “YouTube as Archive: Fans, Gender and Mexican Film Stars Online” for a book entitled Revising Star Studies edited by Guy Austin and Sabrina Yu. In the chapter I’m exploring what it … Continue reading
Posted in Mexican film, Technology
Tagged Digital Archive, Dolores del Rio, Emilio Fernández, Fan Studies, Jorge Negrete, María Félix, Pedro Infante, Star Studies, YouTube
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Oscar/Emilio
For those unfamiliar with this story you may be interested to know that the Oscar statuette was modelled on the Mexican filmmaker and actor Emilio Fernández. Click here: http://www.studio360.org/story/oscars-real-name-is-emilio/ for the full story. Emilio Fernandez in the 1934 movie Janitzio (Luis Marquez Romay)
What I’m Talking About when I Write About Women and Mexicans*
I wrote a blog on Mexicans as Violent Narcos in Breaking Bad some weeks ago, but felt uneasy about it afterwards. I felt a similar sense of unease about an earlier post about Miss Bala. This was further sparked after listening … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Sarkeesian, Breaking Bad, Dolores Tierney, Emilio Fernández, Hunger Games, Juan J. Alonzo, Mexicans on TV, Miss Bala, Modern Family, Sofía Vergara, Speedy Gonzalez, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, True Grit, US-Mexican Border
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