Gunckel, Colin, 1975-

Mexico on main street : transnational film culture in Los Angeles before World War II / Colin Gunckel. - 1 online resource (271 pages). - Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Constructing Mexican Los Angeles: competing images of an immigrant population -- "Spectacles of high morality and culture": theatrical culture and aspirations -- Of Mexican community in the 1920s -- The audible and the invisible: the transition to sound and "de-Mexicanization" of Hollywood -- "Fashionable charros and chinas poblanas": Mexican cinema and the dilemma of the comedia ranchera -- "Now we have Mexican cinema?": navigating transnational mexicanidad in a moment of crisis -- Conclusion: Hola Mexico/hello Mexico.

9780813570778 (e-book)


Mexican Americans in motion pictures.
Motion picture industry--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Motion pictures--History--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Motion pictures--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.M49 / G86 2015

791.43/65203678073