Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Preface. How I Too Came to Love Pedro Infante viii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction. Macho Nation? 1
6. 1. “Midnight Virgin”: Melodramas of Prostitution in Literature and Film 21
7. 2. Pedro Infante Unveiled: Masculinities in the Mexican “Buddy Movie” 68
8. 3. The Last Dance: (Homo)Sexuality and Representation in Arturo Ripstein’s El lugar sin límites and the Fichera Subgenre 105
9. 4. Mexico’s Third-Wave New Cinema and the Cultural Politics of Film 135
10. Epilogue. Mexican Cinema is Dead! Long Live Mexican Cinema! 163
11. Notes 180
12. Works Consulted 197
13. Index 227