Despite All Adversities

<p><b>Provides sophisticated theoretical approaches to Latin American cinema and sexual culture.</b></p><p><b>2016 </b><b><i>CHOICE</i></b><b> Outstanding Academic Title </b></p><p><i>Despite All Adversities</i> examines a representative selection of notable queer films by Spanish America's most important directors since the 1950s. Each chapter focuses on a single film and offers rich and thoughtful new interpretations by a prominent scholar. The book explores films from across the region, including Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's and Juan Carlos Tabío's <i>Fresa y chocolate</i> (<i>Strawberry and Chocolate</i>, 1993), Marcelo Piñeyro's <i>Plata quemada</i> (<i>Burnt Money</i>, 2000), Barbet Schroeder's <i>La Virgen de los Sicarios</i> (<i>Our Lady of the Assassins</i>, 2000), Lucía Puenzo's <i>XXY</i> (<i>XXY</i>, 2007), Francisco J. Lombardi's <i>No se lo digas a nadie</i> (<i>Don't Tell Anyone</i>, 1998), Arturo Ripstein's <i>El lugar sin límites</i> (<i>Hell Without Limits</i>, 1978), among others. A survey of recent lesbian-themed Mexican films is also included.</p>