The Story of the Mexican Screenplay: A Study of the Invisible Art Form and Interviews with Women Screenwriters

by Maria Teresa DePaoli

Overview

The Story of the Mexican Screenplay focuses on a historical investigation of the Mexican screenplay, specifically on women's screenwriting. In addition to screenplay analysis, the interviews with women screenwriters reveal various cultural issues such as gender discrimination in the work place, political censorship, collective screenwriting, and collaboration among writers, and the director.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433123818
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	03/31/2014
Series:	Framing Film: The History and Art of Cinema , #11
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	117
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

About the Author

María Teresa DePaoli is Associate Professor of Spanish at Kansas State University. She received her doctorate degree from Purdue University in 2001. Her research centers on Latin American literature, film, media, as well as cultural studies, and she has published numerous peer-reviewed articles. DePaoli is coeditor (with Laura Kanost) of Las guionistas: A Bilingual Anthology of Mexican Women Screenwriters (forthcoming).