Body, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin American Cinema: Insurgent Skin

Insurgent Skin: Body, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin American Cinema explores the revolutionary nature of twenty-first-century Latin American cinema that disrupts heteronormative and binary representation and explores new, queer signifying modes. It combines film phenomenology and theories of affect and embodiment to analyze a range of Latin American films, focusing on queer signifying, the female body as an uncanny absence, intersex films, and transgender embodiment.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 08 February 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Insurgent Skin: Body, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin American Cinema is a groundbreaking exploration of twenty-first-century Latin American cinema, delving into themes of lesbianism, feminism, intersexuality, and transgenderism. This cinematic revolution is characterized by its disruption of heteronormative and binary representations, paving the way for new and queer modes of signification.

The book, rooted in feminist and queer theory, employs a multidisciplinary approach, combining film phenomenology with theories of affect and embodiment, to analyze a diverse range of Latin American films. In the first chapters, the author delves into the queer signification present in the Salta trilogy by Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel and the lesbian utopia depicted in Albertina Carris Las hijas del fuego (2018). Moving forward, the book explores the female body as an uncanny absence in Tatiana Huezos documentary Tempestad (2016), which sheds light on gendered violence in Mexico. Chapter Five focuses on intersex films, highlighting their role in establishing queer solidarity and fostering an intersex gaze. The final chapter examines transgender embodiment in the Chilean film Una mujer fantástica (2017) and the Brazilian documentary Bixa Travesty (2018).

Through its comprehensive analysis, Insurgent Skin offers a profound understanding of the complex intersections of body, gender, and sexuality in Latin American cinema, challenging traditional narratives and promoting a more inclusive and diverse representation of the human experience. This book is a valuable contribution to the field of film studies and gender studies, providing a fresh perspective on the evolving landscape of Latin American cinema.

Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030845575
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021