Engendering the Nation, Nationalizing the Sacred: Guadalupismo and the Cinematic (Re)Formation of Mexican Consciousness

doi:10.4324/9781315052717-9

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Engendering the Nation, Nationalizing the Sacred: Guadalupismo and the Cinematic (Re)Formation of Mexican Consciousness

ABSTRACT

Cinema is the richest medium of expression ever made available to humanity … The arts, every skill, history, the world, the cosmos, all bow down before it with devotion. (Emilio “el Indio” Fernández ¹ )