Riven with unresolved traumas and appropriated by successive governments, the past haunts spaces in Mexican film and visual culture. These events, without consensus or a singular/unifying narrative, act like spectres haunting the present. To comprehend how they manifest, Legacies of the Past considers how filmmakers and visual artists have found ways of understanding these haunted spaces. With case studies of films like El atentado (2010), Flor en Otomi (2012) and the photography of Dulce Pinzon, this collection analyses the audio-visual representations of several heightened events in Mexican history. The conbtributors’ explorations, imaginings and counter-imaginings bring the past to the foreground, creating new narratives and proposing new histories in order to show the significance of storytelling and narrative for a shared understanding of ourselves.
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- Haunted Spaces in Mexican Visual Culture: The past, especially unresolved traumas and political appropriations, continues to influence Mexican film and visual arts, acting like spectres that haunt present spaces.
What does the phrase ‘haunted spaces’ refer to in Mexican visual culture?
The phrase ‘haunted spaces’ in Mexican visual culture refers to places and narratives that are influenced by unresolved traumas and political appropriations from the past, which continue to affect current artistic representations and understanding.
