Latin American Cinema

Research Sources & Tips

I. Course Reserves

Check out the Course Reserves.

II. Critical Biographies & Overviews

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture. F1408.3 .C283 2004

III. A Few Titles at Tisch

New Trends in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema / edited by Cacilda Rêgo and Carolina Rocha.

Other Worlds: New Argentine Film / Gonzalo Aguilar / translated by Sarah Ann Wells.

Brazilian National Cinema. PN1993.5.B6 S45 2007

Cuban Cinema. PN1993.5.C8 C48 2004

The Cuban Filmography, 1897 through 2001 / by Alfonso J. García Osuna.

Mexican National Cinema. PN1993.5.M4 N63 2005

Mexico's Cinema: a Century of Film and Filmmakers. PN1993.5.M4 M465 1999

Splendors of Latin Cinema. / R. Hernandez-Rodriguez.

The Cinema of Latin America. / edited by Alberto Elena & Marina Díaz López.

Contemporary Cinema of Latin America: Ten Key Films.

Magical Reels: a History of Cinema in Latin America /John King

Visible Nations: Latin American Cinema and Video. / Chon A. Noriega, editor.

IV. The Latin American Cinema

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

1. by/about Filmmakers

Bunuel Luis

"Fernando Birri"

2. on a particular theme

Mexico City (Mexico) In motion pictures

Cuba in motion pictures

3. on Individual Countries

Motion pictures Argentina

Motion pictures Brazil

Motion pictures Cuba

Motion pictures mexico

4. in the Larger Context of the Region

motion pictures Latin America

Path of Discovery in the Catalogs

1. Find a title/author (assigned readings/Course Reserves);

2. Note the descriptive language of the Catalog record.

3. Use that language in further searches

e.g. Click on subject/author in the record to see further results and related topics.

Author	Podalsky, Laura, 1964-
Title	The politics of affect and emotion in contemporary Latin American cinema : Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico / Laura Podalsky.
Publisher	New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subject	Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Latin America.
	Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Latin America.
	Motion pictures -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.
	Motion pictures -- Latin America -- History -- 21st century.

Appendix I. Writing and Citing

Movie Reviews vs Film Criticism (Timothy J. Corrigan.)

Writing About Film (Dartmouth Writing Program)

MLA Style (for citing sources)

V. More Specific and Current Discussions

A. Use the subject databases to find journal articles.

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start. Here are some sample findings:

4. Film & Television and Mass Media

Limit Your Results

Peer Reviewed

5. HAPI (Scholarship on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Both English and Spanish language materials.)

6. Latin American Studies (Key titles from the above source)

7. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. A few core journals:

Camera Obscura

Cinema Journal

Discourse

Film & History

Film History

Film Quarterly

Framework

Journal of Film and Video

The Movie Image

PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art

Projections

Quarterly Review of Film and Video

Screen

The Velvet Light Trap

Wide Angle

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Hispanic American Historical Review

C. Finding Full Text

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

D. Requesting Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

VI. Popular Press

Book, Movie, Music, Play, And Video Reviews (in LexisNexis)

Factiva (including Spanish Language sources)

Alt-PressWatch

Ethnic NewsWatch 1960 -

Latin American Newspapers Series 1, 1805-1922 (45 newspapers)

Latin American Newspapers Series 2, 1822-1922 (250 additional titles)

New York Times Online Archive
(1851 - 3 years before current date)

Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985)

British Humanities Index (1962- )

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)