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Staging the Subject. Traces of globalization in Contemporary Argentine Cinema

Pina, Guadalupe Raquel, Mrs.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276812685

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Spanish and Portuguese.
At the same time as globalization unfolded as a new cultural formation that engulfed Latin America in profound economic transformations that affected its social, political, and cultural fabric, Argentina witnessed the emergence of the so-called “New Argentine Cinema”: an outstanding production by a new generation of filmmakers characterized by a formal and thematic break with the country’s filmic tradition. My project argues that this new trend in filmmaking, like a seismographic device, captures the unsettling consequences of cultural globalization: the emergence of new subjectivities, postmodern forms of individuation and modes of sociability and political intervention. These films, characterized by a minimalist aesthetics highlighting casual contact, chaotic moments, and erratic flows, portray a landscape where social bonds are a by-product of chance encounters, traditional institutions are deemed obsolete, and indifference permeates interpersonal relationships. Therefore, this project revolves around three interrelated issues: the social and psychological implications of globalization; the production of new social imaginaries; and the configuration of new subjectivities. In order to analyze these issues, I develop a critical-theoretical framework encompassing film studies and discourse analysis; cultural and globalization studies; and studies on subjectivity and citizenship. Focusing on the films’ innovative aesthetics, I analyze them as primary cultural products which stage the rearticulation of new forms of subjectivity and new patterns of affect predominant in contemporary Argentinean society, primarily among its youth. Such an approach allows me to enquire into the refracting relationship between cultural products and the dynamics of a globalized society in the Third World; the shaping of new subjectivities in an atmosphere where nations are being increasingly replaced by global capital and transnational corporations; and the construction of new forms of sociability that put into question established notions of citizenship and national identity.
Abril Trigo, Prof. (Advisor)
Ana Del Sarto, Prof. (Committee Member)
Laura Podalky, Prof (Committee Member)
Vodovotz Yael (Other)
229 p.
Globalization-Subjetivity-Cinema-Argentine-South Cone-Latin American Cultural Studies

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  • Pina, Mrs., G. R. (2010). Staging the Subject. Traces of globalization in Contemporary Argentine Cinema [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276812685

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pina, Mrs., Guadalupe. Staging the Subject. Traces of globalization in Contemporary Argentine Cinema. 2010. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276812685.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pina, Mrs., Guadalupe. "Staging the Subject. Traces of globalization in Contemporary Argentine Cinema." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276812685

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