Imágenes afro : las políticas de representación de la subjetividad negra en el cine colombiano contemporáneo (2009-2017)
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies, Department of
data provider: DSpace
alternative: Afro images : politics of representation of the black subjectivity in the contemporary Colombian cinema (2009-2017)
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Castaneda, Liliana Patricia
issued: 2023-01-03T17:45:23Z
issued: 2022
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This study argues that the new trends in the Colombian regime of film representation were both the result and a constitutive element of the dynamism seen in the landscape of political identities. Specifically, the new dynamism and sensibility toward the issues concerning afro-Colombian groups in the social and historical context allowed their stories and faces to reach the big screen after nearly a century of sporadic appearances as servants or criminals as part of the dominant white aesthetics. This challenge to the mainstream symbolic order became evident with internationally acclaimed feature films such as Óscar Ruiz Navia’s El vuelco del cangrejo (2009); Rubén Mendoza’s La sociedad del semáforo (2010); Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza’s Chocó (2012); Juan Andrés Arango’s La Playa D.C. (2012) and X500 (2017); and Ángela María Osorio Rojas and Santiago Lozano Álvarez’s Siembra (2015). The main contribution of these movies has not only been to counteract the normalization of exclusion of racialized populations derived from the coloniality matrix of power, but also to portray a particular subjectivity with conflicting repercussions. The textual analysis will show that each movie explores a main theme within a variety of issues pertaining to black communities. However, this research points out common tropes and narratives that intersect amidst the complex field of politics of representation: the contemporary slave, the African diaspora, uprooting, discrimination, gender inequality, violence, precariousness and economic marginalization. This thesis also argues that the first generation of movies centered on afro-Colombian issues do not innovate in terms of aesthetics since directors use popular filmmaking styles of past movements. The emphasis on realism by employing non-professional actors, recreating everyday routines, referring to real events, conducting location in situ and showing the communities’ local speech are among those features. When comparing these variables, it…
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note: Imágenes afro: las políticas de representación de la subjetividad negra en el cine colombiano contemporáneo (2009-2017) Afro images: politics of representation of the black subjectivity in the contemporary Colombian cinema (2009-2017) by Liliana Patricia Castaneda (Lopez) B.A., Universidad Externado de Colombia, 1995 M.A., Simon Fraser University, 2008 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Hispanic Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) December 2022 © Liliana Patricia Castaneda (Lopez), 2022 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Imágenes afro: las políticas de representación de la subjetividad negra en el cine colombiano contemporáneo (2009-2017) submitted by Liliana Patricia Castaneda (Lopez) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Hispanic Studies Examining Committee: Dr. Alessandra Santos. Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film, UBC. Supervisor Dr. Kim Beauchesne. Associate Professor of Spanish, UBC. Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Anna Casas Aguilar. Assistant Professor of Spanish, UBC. Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Brianne Orr-Álvarez. Associate Professor of Spanish, UBC. University Examiner Dr. William E. French. Associate Professor of History, UBC. University Examiner Dr. Nayibe Bermúdez-Barrios. Associate Professor of Latin American Cinemas, University of Calgary External Examiner iii Abstract This study argues that the new trends in the Colombian regime of film representation were both the result and a constitutive element of the dynamism seen in the landscape of political identities. Specifically, the new dynamism and sensibility toward the issues concerning afro-Colombian groups in the social and historical context allowed their s…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422937
language: spa
degree discipline: Hispanic Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Santos, Alessandra, 1970-
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83535