Children on the Threshold in Contemporary Latin American Cinema

Rachel Randallis lecturer in Hispanic media and digital communications at the University of Bristol.

• ContentsIntroductionPart OneChapter One: Rural Boyhoods in Brazil and ColombiaChapter Two: Children and ‘Bare Life’ Under Military DictatorshipChapter Three: Childhood, Movement and PlayPart TwoChapter Four: Privileged Girlhoods and Processes of TransitionChapter Five: ‘I’m No Street Urchin!’Chapter Six: Indigenous Girlhoods in Brazil and ColombiaConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author

Children on the Threshold in Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Nature, Gender, and Agency brims with crisp analyses and theoretical sophistication. As a highly accomplished treatise, Rachel Randall’s book is bound to generate much interest among students and scholars alike of Latin American cinema and cultures, childhood studies, and film studies.