Unheard confessions and transatlantic connections: Y tu mam tambin and Nadie hablar de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto
This article examines the creation of a transatlantic cinematic space and its relationship to cultural memory in Mexico and Spain through an analysis of two films: Nadie hablar de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto/Nobody Will Speak of Us After We Have Died (Agustn Daz Yanes, 1996), and
Y tu mam tambi/And Your Mother Too (Alfonso Cuarn, 2001). These films are unified through a dialogue that goes beyond international casting or even international financing; they also share a reflection on a particular sort of transatlantic traffic, namely transatlantic sexual infidelities.
Moreover, in both cases the moments of sexual betrayal are also accompanied with an unheard confession carried out by the female protagonists. The confessions connect sexual transgressions with cultural specificity and the gendering of cultural memory. The ultimate goal of this study, therefore,
is to explore the re-constellation of colonial and postcolonial imaginaries within the broader spectrum of a Hispanic Atlantic.
Keywords: Agustn Daz Yanes; Alfonso Cuarn; Hispanic Atlantic; confession; cultural memory; gender
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Washington University.
Publication date: 01 July 2009
- In 2013, Studies in Hispanic Cinemas, is changing its name to Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas to reflect more accurately its content, which is dedicated to the study of Spanish-speaking and Latin American cinemas, including the cinemas of Spain and Spanish-speaking South, Central and North America including the Caribbean, as well as Brazil.
Our target readership includes students, teachers and scholars. The journal is written in English to maximize the opportunities for contact between academic disciplines such as Media, Film Studies, Latin American and Post-colonial Studies, as well as Hispanic Studies, thereby encouraging an inter- cultural and inter- disciplinary focus.
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