Representing History, Class, and Gender in Spain and Latin America

This collection focuses on children and adolescents as witnesses and objects of the spectatorial gaze in Latin American and Spanish cinema from 1960 to the present. The carefully chosen essays survey the representation of the past and the definition of gender and class identity as experienced by young protagonists in films. This volume offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Latin American and Spanish film as well as gender studies. Some questions addressed in this collection include these: what do children and adolescents in Latin American and Spanish film see and how are they seen?