Pineda’s Book Presented at Mexico’s National Film Archives
Steinbeck y Mexico: Una Mirada Cinematografica en la Era de la Hegemonia Norteamericana by Adela Pineda, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was presented at the National Film Archives (Cineteca Nacional) in Mexico City on February 6, 2019.
The book was presented by John Mraz, a film studies critic and filmmaker, Adolfo Castanon, a public intellectual and writer and member of the Academy of Letters in Mexico, and Edith Negrin, Professor and Researcher at the National University in Mexico City.
The panel discussed the book’s importance in the context of current U.S.-Mexico relations, the relevance of Steinbeck as a writer and filmmaker beyond the U.S., how important he is to Mexican writers and artists, and why his views contributed to U.S.-Mexico relations during an important period of the 20th century.
In Steinbeck y Mexico: Una Mirada Cinematografica en la Era de la Hegemonia Norteamericana, Pineda presents a study of U.S.-Mexico relations through the lens of Steinbeck, film, and literature on both sides of the Rio Grande between the 1930s and the 1960s.
Pineda’s research interests focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish American literature, culture, and film and on the relationship between politics and culture. Learn more about her here.