La experiencia social histórica de asistencia al cine en Monterrey (Nuevo León, México) durante las décadas de 1930 a 1960

Abstract

En este trabajo se analiza la experiencia social histórica de asistencia al cine en Monterrey, Nuevo León, México durante las décadas de los 1930 a los 1960, con base en entrevistas focalizadas con 27 informantes mayores de 65 años. En los resultados se destaca la importancia histórica de las salas de cine, así como las películas y los actores norteamericanos y mexicanos, en la vida personal, familiar y colectiva de Monterrey, dentro del contexto histórico de su transformación en una de las ciudades más grandes e industrializadas del país

Film at the border: Memories of cinemagoing in Laredo, Texas

“…These descriptions of hanging out with friends before or after the film are very similar to those reported by informants in other Mexican cities, such as Monterrey (Lozano et al, 2016), Leon and Guanajuato (Gómez, 2004a: 888–889).…”

“…The period from the 1930s to the 1960s, in which our informants were either children or teenagers, was characterized by heavy exhibition of Hollywood films in the local cinemas, combined with a steady percentage–12% to 30% of screenings in the city–of Spanish-language and Mexican films (Lozano et al, 2016), especially during the so-called Golden Age of Mexican cinema spanning the period from the late 1930s to the mid/late 1940s (Fein, 1996). 2 This programming landscape confirms the complex multiculturalism experienced in the border city.…”

Memories of cinemagoing and film experience: An introduction

“…Over the past decade or more, the field of cinema memory studies has seen expansion in Australia (Huggett, 2002), as well as in the United Kingdom (Martin, 2000; Richards, 2003) and other parts of Europe, including Spain (Labanyi, 2005; Luzon et al, 2014; Paz, 2003), Sweden (Jernudd, 2010) and Italy (Treveri Gennari et al, 2011). More recently, cinema memory research has also begun to emerge elsewhere: for example, in Mexico (Frankenberg and Lozano, 2014; Lozano et al, 2016; Rosas Mantecón, 2015) and Brazil (Ferraz, in press). The articles in this issue showcase this international wave of cinema memory studies, with work from Italy, the Czech Republic, the US/Mexican border area, South Africa and the United Kingdom that looks at memories of cinemagoing across entire nations as well as within cities, city neighbourhoods and towns.…”

Name the Strangers. Moviegoers in Zacatecas city, 1904-1931

“…Éstos han abordado el desarrollo de los espacios de proyección, los patrones de exhibición y distribución, y la oferta fílmica; a partir de métodos provenientes de la historia oral (en particular para décadas posteriores a 1930), la búsqueda hemerográfica, el uso fuentes estadísticas vigentes y, la elaboración de balances sobre el estudio de las audiencias. Entre ellos podemos mencionar a Biltereyst, Maltby y Meers (2011); Chong et al (2016), Lozano et al (2016);Nieto Malpica et al (2016); Hinojosa Córdova (2016); Rosas Mantecón (2017); Morales Gaitán (2019).…”