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dc.contributor.advisorFalicov, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorPérez Tejada, Manuel Antonio
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-30T21:04:43Z
dc.date.available2012-06-06T16:21:55Z
dc.date.issued2009-01-14
dc.date.submitted2009
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10192
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/5338
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines the politics involved in the distribution of Mexican documentaries during the 1988-2006 period, as a way to pinpoint the factors shaping the circulation of these films. The research explores inequalities in audiovisual distribution, which have affected the circulation of Mexican documentaries in the domestic market. In my argument, I sustain that these inequalities are the result of complex political and economic tensions within the field of cultural production in a country that has entered an era of neoliberalism and transitional democracy. To narrow the scope of this study to feasible and attainable proportions, I analyze three distribution case studies applying a cultural industries approach within critical political economy, informed by Pierre Bourdieu's field theory and concepts borrowed from cultural studies. The case studies under analysis involved the documentary production and distribution of three production houses. Each of them participates in a different field of cultural production: film, video, or television. These production houses are the film company La Media Luna, the video collective Canal 6 de Julio, and the publishing and video company Clío. By examining these case studies, I highlight what is at stake when some audiovisual texts have greater access to audiences and markets than others. This is important since documentaries have helped to ensure a diversity of voices, both social and political, in the Mexican public sphere. In order to ensure this diversity, it is crucial to understand how Mexican documentaries can gain access to larger Mexican audiences. This is what this dissertation seeks to address.
dc.format.extent236 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectCinema
dc.subjectLatin American--History
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectCommerce
dc.subjectDocumentary
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectFilm
dc.subjectIndustry
dc.subjectMexico
dc.subjectPolitics
dc.titleThe Politics of Mexican Documentary Distribution: Three Case Studies, 1988-2006
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberAnderson, Danny
dc.contributor.cmtememberBerg, Chuck
dc.contributor.cmtememberPreston, Catherine
dc.contributor.cmtememberTibbetts, John
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineTheatre & Film
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPh.D.
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kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid6857450
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