"I am a Mother First" : Mexican women filmmakers of the 1980s and 1990s and the representation of motherhood

This thesis examines images of mothers in classical and contemporary Mexican cinema. The purpose is to contrast the portrayals of mothers in melodramas produced during the 'Golden Age' of Mexican cinema (1940s to 1950s), a model continued until the 1970s, and in films made by the so-called...

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Main Author: Arredondo, Isabel
Format: Others
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/976406/1/MR63267.pdf
Arredondo, Isabel <http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/view/creators/Arredondo=3AIsabel=3A=3A.html> (2009) "I am a Mother First" : Mexican women filmmakers of the 1980s and 1990s and the representation of motherhood. Masters thesis, Concordia University.