Children on the Threshold in Contemporary Latin American Cinema

Children on the Threshold in Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Nature, Gender, and Agency is the first monograph dedicated to an analysis of child and adolescent protagonists in Latin American cinema, representing a significant contribution to a field of growing interest within Latin American cult [...]
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Children on the Threshold in Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Nature, Gender, and Agency is the first monograph dedicated to an analysis of child and adolescent protagonists in Latin American cinema, representing a significant contribution to a field of growing interest within Latin American cultural studies and World Cinema studies. It contends that child characters have taken on a critical representational role within Latin American cinema because of their position on the threshold between "nature" and "culture," which converts them into a focus of, and a limit to, state or colonial biopower. Rachel Randall provides a comprehensive examination of the key themes and developments in boys' and girls' cinematic representations since the adoption of children's rights discourse in the region.