Imaginaries of Violence in Contemporary Mexican Cinema. The Case of Miss Bala by Gerardo Naranjo
The article reflect on the construction of the imaginary of violence in the contemporary Mexican cinema, and how the social imaginaries are connected with the filmic imaginaries. Edgar Morin's suggestion about the imaginary is crucial for this reflection, also Merleau-Ponty’s ideas about the Ph...
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| description | The article reflect on the construction of the imaginary of violence in the contemporary Mexican cinema, and how the social imaginaries are connected with the filmic imaginaries. Edgar Morin's suggestion about the imaginary is crucial for this reflection, also Merleau-Ponty’s ideas about the Phenomenology of the perception. To support this aim, an analysis exercise of Miss Bala (Gerardo Naranjo, 2011 is proposed, a representative film that approach the issue of violence that was increased since the symbolic "declaration of war" to drug trafficking during Felipe Calderón government. Its aesthetic and narrative forms allow the spectator to glimpse other manifestations of violence, which go beyond visual spectacular violence, to allow us to see more intrinsic and symbolic ways, based on the Žižek approach. The present reflection can provide the reader a panoramic perspective on the role played by the cinema and its filmic imaginaries in the constitution of the social imaginaries, on how one lives, perceives, condemns and assimilates a social reality pronounced by narco violence in Mexican society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f939f26055d54ec7a769be082a3f205f2022-12-21T18:29:21ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghCatedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana2169-08472018-01-015918521910.5195/ct/2017.261115Imaginaries of Violence in Contemporary Mexican Cinema. The Case of Miss Bala by Gerardo NaranjoMayté Murillo0Universidad Autónoma de QuerétaroThe article reflect on the construction of the imaginary of violence in the contemporary Mexican cinema, and how the social imaginaries are connected with the filmic imaginaries. Edgar Morin's suggestion about the imaginary is crucial for this reflection, also Merleau-Ponty’s ideas about the Phenomenology of the perception. To support this aim, an analysis exercise of Miss Bala (Gerardo Naranjo, 2011 is proposed, a representative film that approach the issue of violence that was increased since the symbolic "declaration of war" to drug trafficking during Felipe Calderón government. Its aesthetic and narrative forms allow the spectator to glimpse other manifestations of violence, which go beyond visual spectacular violence, to allow us to see more intrinsic and symbolic ways, based on the Žižek approach. The present reflection can provide the reader a panoramic perspective on the role played by the cinema and its filmic imaginaries in the constitution of the social imaginaries, on how one lives, perceives, condemns and assimilates a social reality pronounced by narco violence in Mexican society.http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/261Imaginarios, violencia, Miss Bala, cine mexicano |
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| title | Imaginaries of Violence in Contemporary Mexican Cinema. The Case of Miss Bala by Gerardo Naranjo |
| title_full | Imaginaries of Violence in Contemporary Mexican Cinema. The Case of Miss Bala by Gerardo Naranjo |
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| title_short | Imaginaries of Violence in Contemporary Mexican Cinema. The Case of Miss Bala by Gerardo Naranjo |
| title_sort | imaginaries of violence in contemporary mexican cinema the case of miss bala by gerardo naranjo |
| topic | Imaginarios, violencia, Miss Bala, cine mexicano |
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