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28 www.libros.unam.mx Hist oria ilustra da del cine de luchadores. ¡Quiero ver sangre! Illustrated History of Wrestling Movies. I Want Blood! Raúl Criollo, José Xavier Návar and Rafael Aviña • A complete history of wrestling in film. • A wide array of essays, reviews, articles, and interviews. • The iconography in this book is one of the most complete among similar publications. • An important contribution to the history of culture and film in Mexico. By the same authors Here is your pachucote…Nooo! Narrative Biography of Germán Valdés Rafael Aviña unam/Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes Filmoteca unam 50 years. Rafael Aviña. The Cinema of Paranoia Rafael Aviña unam The Cinema of Paranoia Rafael Aviña times Editores Trends in Mexican Cinema during the 30’s Raúl Criollo, Daniel González Dueñas conaculta Silhouettes of simulacrum No. 337 Raúl Criollo conaculta Irreverent, critical, and proactive, Historia ilustrada del cine de luchadores gives recognition to a film genre that is hardly ever taken as seriously as in this compendium of reviews, interviews, essays, journal articles and comic books that sustains the core of the research by its authors: the complete history of the screen from 1938 to 2013. Due to the generic anomaly of film -mixing every possible genre-, this text has managed to revitalize interest in the arid mid-20th century Mexican film industry. About the author Raúl Criollo (Xalapa, Veracruz, 1972) studied communication The University of Veracruz, while also writing his own column about film for the Diario de Xalapa. He went on to study filmmaking in Mexico City and began producing short films and ads. He has worked in multiple film productions, and conducted research at the National Film Archive. José Xavier Návar (Mexico City, 1947) graduated from National School of Fine Arts and Political Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has been a cartoonist, publicist, press officer for several record labels, producer and manager of rock groups, and professor at the Mexico City Valley University. He writes a column in the entertainment section of El Universal. Rafael Aviña (Mexico City, 1959) studied communication at the Metropolitan Autonomous University and was part of the creative writing program of the General Society of Writers of Mexico. He is a film, video and criminal critic in diverse media. He has been a researcher at the National Film Archive, director of the Film Club of the National Institute of Fine Arts, member of the Academic Council of the Film Library at unam and the National Museum of Art. He won the first place in the Magdalena Mondragón Short Story Contest. He has written for Reforma since 1997. 2nd edition: unam-Mexico, 2013 Size: 9.84 in x 12.99 in ISBN: 978-607-02-4433-9 MSRP $45.83 USD Author’s Awards Rafael Aviña. National Novel Award Negra Una Vuelta de Tuerca, 2013 caniem Winner 2007 Award for Best Biography: David Silva. A Champion of a Thousand Faces. Cinema Readership • Historians of Mexican culture • Critics and researchers of Mexican film • Professors and students of film studies • Professors and students working in communication science


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