Considerations on Chanta and Politics in Argentinian Cinema of the 1960s
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| Natura: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2026 |
| Descrizione: | Introduction: This paper explores the dimensions that chanta representation in Argentine political and social cinema achieves during the 1960s. Objective: To study the transformations that this stereotype —rooted in the Argentinian cultural imaginary typical of popular cinema— undergoes in films of political criticism and intervention during the 1960s. Methods: An analysis of mise-en-scène, framing in film history, and contextualization with social and cultural series was conducted. Results: At first, the use of the chanta is observed as a reference for a decaying social system, while, in a second moment, it is linked directly to politics (in a strict, institutional sense) and appears associated with corruption, as an explanation of social disintegration. Conclusions: Being a character strongly rooted in popular imagination, the chanta is adopted by filmmakers with very diverse visions, in order to question hegemonic models. |
| Stato: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Istituzione: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lingua: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/8108 |
| Accesso online: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rescena/article/view/8108 |
| Keyword: | political cinema modern cinema stereotype Latin American cinema corruption cine político cine moderno estereotipo cine latinoamericano corrupción |