Latin American Cinema

Latin American Society and Culture
Christopher Columbus’ ‘discovery’ of America in 1492 initiated a long chain of unfortunate events. In the wars that ensued, the conquistadores didn’t merely overwhelm the inhabitants of America, they systematically obliterated the immensely rich cultures of the Mayas, the Aztecs and the Incas. The possible flowering of an authentic American civilization was nipped in the bud. The Indians were banished to the remote countryside, far away from the urban centers of visibility and power. For Latin America, colonial rule thus represented a definitive cultural rupture. It led to an unequal encounter between three races that had never met before: the European White, the indigenous Indian, and the African Black. The encounter of the three races is imbued with such deep significance that the Cuban novelist, Alejo Carpentier, considered Columbus’ ‘discovery’ to be the most important watershed in history. Latin America......

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Title: Latin American Cinema
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