2016
CHOICE
Outstanding Academic Title
Despite All Adversities
examines a representative selection of notable queer films by Spanish America's most important directors since the 1950s. Each chapter focuses on a single film and offers rich and thoughtful new interpretations by a prominent scholar. The book explores films from across the region, including Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's and Juan Carlos Tabío's
Fresa y chocolate
(
Strawberry and Chocolate
, 1993), Marcelo Piñeyro's
Plata quemada
Burnt Money
, 2000), Barbet Schroeder's
La Virgen de los Sicarios
Our Lady of the Assassins
, 2000), Lucía Puenzo's
XXY
, 2007), Francisco J. Lombardi's
No se lo digas a nadie
Don't Tell Anyone
, 1998), Arturo Ripstein's
El lugar sin límites
Hell Without Limits
, 1978), among others. A survey of recent lesbian-themed Mexican films is also included.