Archétypes du corps cinématographique du narcotrafiquant mexicain

This paper explores three Mexican fiction feature films internationally released in 2011: Miss Bala, Days of grace and El Infierno. The movies propose three different criminality’s representations related to drug trafficking. Therefore, we try to draw various archetypes of the drug dealer’s body in...

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Main Author: Magali Kabous
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2019-12-01
Series:Caravelle
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/6372
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description This paper explores three Mexican fiction feature films internationally released in 2011: Miss Bala, Days of grace and El Infierno. The movies propose three different criminality’s representations related to drug trafficking. Therefore, we try to draw various archetypes of the drug dealer’s body in films. How do filmmakers depict their character, their physical appearance and metamorphosis and their integration into a group? To what extent are these accusing portraits? Do they contribute to maintain the attraction towards this figure, fictional as well as real?
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Archétypes du corps cinématographique du narcotrafiquant mexicain
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Mexico
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criminals’ body
Costume
Metamorphosis
title Archétypes du corps cinématographique du narcotrafiquant mexicain
title_full Archétypes du corps cinématographique du narcotrafiquant mexicain
title_fullStr Archétypes du corps cinématographique du narcotrafiquant mexicain
title_full_unstemmed Archétypes du corps cinématographique du narcotrafiquant mexicain
title_short Archétypes du corps cinématographique du narcotrafiquant mexicain
title_sort archetypes du corps cinematographique du narcotrafiquant mexicain
topic Mexico
Cinema
criminals’ body
Costume
Metamorphosis
url http://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/6372
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