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Gael Garcia Bernal

Gael Garcia Bernal. “Mexico’s prodigal Son”. Case Study: Gael García Bernal discussing his star text in relation to questions of racial and national identity. Outline. Biography Mexico’s national s tar? Promotion of the national Gael as a transnational star?

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Gael Garcia Bernal

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  1. Gael Garcia Bernal “Mexico’s prodigal Son”

  2. Case Study: Gael GarcíaBernal discussing his star text in relation to questions of racial and national identity.

  3. Outline • Biography • Mexico’s national star? • Promotion of the national • Gael as a transnational star? • Can Gael be considered as a global star? • National identity… Mexican or Latin American? • Challenging his ethnicity • Expressions of sexuality • Gael the humanitarian • Conclusion

  4. Biography • Born 30 Nov 1978 in Guadalajara, Mexico to two young actors. • Bernal began acting at age of 9. • At 11 years old he participated in the telenovela, Teresa, alongside Salma Hayek. • First major role was in the telenovela ‘El abuelo y yo’ with Diego Luna. • Enrolled at Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City. • However, due to constant strikes he dropped out and explored his other options, taking a trip to London. • He applied to Central School of Speech and Drama, London- First ever Latin American to be accepted to Central.

  5. National star?

  6. Promotion of the nation

  7. Transnational star?

  8. Global stardom? Letters to Juliet (2010) 2012 Gillette Advert A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)

  9. Mexican vs. Latin American Identity Gael and his wife VidasPrivadas (2001)

  10. Racial/Ethnic Identity También la Lluvia (2010) Babel (2006)

  11. Racial/ethnic identity The King (2005)

  12. Masculinity & sexuality

  13. Masculinity & sexuality Y Tumamátambién (2001) La Mala Educación (2004)

  14. Gael the Humanitarian Oxfam: Make Trade Fair Campaign

  15. Keep an eye out….

  16. Films Referenced • Amores perros, (2000) • Vidas Privadas (2001) • Y tu mamá también(2001) • El crimen del padre amaro (2002) • Diarios de Motocicleta (2004) • Mala educación (2004) • The King (2005) • Babel (2006) • Rudo y Cursi (2008) • Letters to Juliet (2010) • También la lluvia, (2010) • Little bit of heaven (2011)

  17. Bibliography • Allatson, P. 2007. Key terms in Latino/a cultural and literary studies. Oxford:Blackwell. • Chant, S. & N. Craske. 2003. Gender in Latin America. London: Latin America Bureau. • de la Mora, S. 2006. Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film. Texas: University of Texas Press. • Dennison, S. ‘National, Transnational and Post-national: Issues in Contemporary Film-making in the Hispanic World’ • Finnegan, N. 2007. “So What’s Mexico Really Like?”: Framing the Local, Negotiating the Global in Alfonso Cuarón’s Y TuMamáTambién. In: D. shaw, ed. Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Breaking into the Global Market. Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield, pp.29-50. • Hayward, S. 2006. Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts. Oxon: Routledge. • Lewis, V. 2009. When “macho” bodies fail: spectacles of corporeality and the limits of the homosocial/sexual in Mexican cinema. In: S. FOUZ-HERNANDEZ, ed.  Mysterious Skin: male bodies in contemporary cinema. London: I.B. Tauris, pp.177-193. • Perriam, C. 2003. Stars and Masculinities in Spanish Cinema: From Banderas to Bardem. Oxford: Oxford University Press. • Shaw, D. 2007. Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Breaking into the Global Market. Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield. • Soutar, J. 2008. Gael García Bernal and the Latin American New Wave.  London: Portico. • Video clips: • 2012 Gillette Advert YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHMDj7bUj6A • Scene from La Mala Educaciónhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ATj_v7Nro Presented by: Suzie Alway, Fiona Chan, M. Alexia Gaggero & Jeran Richardson

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