The US-Mexico Border in American Cold War Film: Romance, Revolution, and Regulation (Screening Spaces)

Synopsis

Introduction: Screening The Spaces Of The Us-mexico Border -- Romance. The Romance Of Mexico: Tourists, Fugitives And Escaping The Us -- Mapping Borders And Identity: Representation, Transformation And Ethnicity -- Danger, Disappearance And The Exotic: American Travelers And Mexican Migrants -- Revolution. The Revolutionary Politics Of Mexico: Individualism, Communitarianism And Landscape -- Territory, Colonialism And Gender At The American Frontier -- Regulation. Ethnicity, Imperialism And The Law: Policing Identities At The Border -- Border Cities As Contested Space: Postcolonial Resistance In Tijuana -- Imperial Journeys And Travelling Shots: Regulation, Power And Mobility -- Conclusion: Border Films And Border Studies. Stephanie Fuller. Based On The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--university Of East Anglia. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Filmography.