Mexico's cinema : a century of film and filmmakers / edited by Joanne Hershfield and David R. Maciel.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

In quest of a national cinema: the silent era / Gustavo A. Garcâia -- The birth of the film industry and the emergence of sound / Federico Dvalos Orozco -- Adela Sequeyro and Matilde Landeta: two pioneer women directors / Patricia Torres de San Martâin -- Cantinflas and Tin tan: Mexico's greatest comedians / Carlos Monsivâais -- Race and ethnicity in the classical cinema / Joanne Hershfield -- Melodrama and social comedy in the cinema of the golden age / Rafael Hernâandez Rodrâiguez -- From collaboration to containment: Hollywood and the international political economy of Mexican cinema and after the second World War / Seth Fein -- The decline of the golden age and the making of the crisis / Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro -- Cinema and the state in contemporary Mexico, 1970-1999 / David R. Maciel -- Reconstructing the border: Mexican border cinema and its relationship to its audience / Norma Iglesias -- Women and gender representation in the contemporary cinema of Mexico / David R. Maciel and Joanne Hershfield -- Authentically Mexican?: Mi querido Tom Mix and Cronos reframe critical questions / Ann Marie Stock.