Dr. Mariano Paz
Research Interests
My interests are focused on dystopia, politics and society in Latin American popular culture. In particular, my research to date has explored the representation of science and technology in Argentine films, genre cinemas in Latin America (including the fantastic and science fiction), non-naturalistic cinemas and literature in Argentine culture, and the representation of the city in Latin American cinema.
Peer Reviewed Journals
Vox Politica: Acousmatic Voices in Argentine Science Fiction Film
Paz, Mariano (2011) Vox Politica: Acousmatic Voices in Argentine Science Fiction Film. New Review of Film and Television Studies :15-27
Read moreSouth of the Future: An Overview of Latin American Science Fiction Cinema
Paz, Mariano (2008) South of the Future: An Overview of Latin American Science Fiction Cinema. Science Fiction Film and Television :81-103
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Book Chapters
Distopia e totalitarismo: o legado de '1984', de Orwell, em 'La antena'
Mariano Paz (2023) Distopia e totalitarismo: o legado de '1984', de Orwell, em 'La antena'. Campinas, Brazil : Pontes Utopismos A Vista: Poéticas da Visualidade :47-65
Read moreThird Cinema in the 21st century: political utopia in the new documentary films of Fernando Solanas
Paz, Mariano (2021) Third Cinema in the 21st century: political utopia in the new documentary films of Fernando Solanas. New York : Bloomsbury Third Cinema, World Cinema and Marxism :121-140
Read moreDystopia redux: science fiction cinema and biopolitics
Paz, Mariano (2020) Dystopia redux: science fiction cinema and biopolitics. UK : Palgrave Macmillan European Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Discourses, Directions and Genres :299-315
Read moreThird Cinema in the 21st century: political utopia in the new documentary films of Fernando Solanas
(2020) Third Cinema in the 21st century: political utopia in the new documentary films of Fernando Solanas. Third Cinema, World Cinema and Marxism
Read moreGuantanamera
Mariano Paz (2019) Guantanamera. USA : Rowman & Littlefield A Cuban Cinema Companion :137-140
Read moreRags and Revolution: Visions of the Lumpenproletariat in Latin American Zombie Films
Paz, Mariano (2016) Rags and Revolution: Visions of the Lumpenproletariat in Latin American Zombie Films. Detroit, Michigan, USA : Wayne State University Press Red Alert: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema :229-248
Read moreSubversive topologies: space, time and dystopia in the films of Gustavo Mosquera
(2016) Subversive topologies: space, time and dystopia in the films of Gustavo Mosquera . Endangering Science Fiction Film
Read moreSubversive Topologies: Space, Time and Dystopia in the Films of Gustavo Mosquera
Paz, Mariano (2016) Subversive Topologies: Space, Time and Dystopia in the Films of Gustavo Mosquera. New York : Routledge Endangering Science Fiction Film :154-170
Read moreRags and revolution: Visions of the lumpenproletariat in Latin American zombie films
Mariano Paz (2016) Rags and revolution: Visions of the lumpenproletariat in Latin American zombie films. Detroit : Wayne University Press Red Alert: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema :229-250
Read moreLa Sonambula/The Sleepwalker
Paz, Mariano (2014) La Sonambula/The Sleepwalker. Bristol and Chicago : Intellect and The University of Chicago Press World Film Locations: Buenos Aires
Read moreMaradona on the Moon: Postcolonial Politics and Cultural Hybridity in Argentinaâs Adiós Querida Luna.
(2014) Maradona on the Moon: Postcolonial Politics and Cultural Hybridity in Argentinaâs Adiós Querida Luna.. The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film
Read moreMoebius
Paz, Mariano (2014) Moebius. Bristol and Chicago : Intellect and The University of Chicago Press World Film Locations: Buenos Aires
Read moreMaradona on the Moon: Postcolonial Politics and Cultural Hybridity in Argentina's Adiós Querida Luna.
Mariano Paz (2014) Maradona on the Moon: Postcolonial Politics and Cultural Hybridity in Argentina's Adiós Querida Luna.. United Kingdom : Liverpool University Press The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film :220-234
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Other Journals
The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema. Edited by Marvin D'Lugo, Ana M. López and Laura Podalsky. London/New York: Routledge. 2018. xviii + 400 pp.'
Mariano Paz (2021) The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema. Edited by Marvin D'Lugo, Ana M. López and Laura Podalsky. London/New York: Routledge. 2018. xviii + 400 pp.' . : Taylor and Francis Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies :170-171
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Conference Contributions
Published Reports
Editorials
Book Reviews
"Edward King and Joanna Page, Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America." London: University College London Press, 2017. Journal of Latin American Studies, 51:4, pp. 980-982.
Mariano Paz (2019) "Edward King and Joanna Page, Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America." London: University College London Press, 2017. Journal of Latin American Studies, 51:4, pp. 980-982.. :980-982
Read more"The Transnational Fantasies of Guillermo del Toro, Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw and Dolores Tierney (eds.)" Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas, 12:2, pp. 106-109.
Mariano Paz (2016) "The Transnational Fantasies of Guillermo del Toro, Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw and Dolores Tierney (eds.)" Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas, 12:2, pp. 106-109.. : Intellect :106-109
Read more"Bâ, Saër Maty and Higbee, Will (eds.). De-Westernizing Film Studies. London and New York: Routledge, 2012." Transnational Cinemas, 4:1, pp. 129-131.
Mariano Paz (2013) "Bâ, Saër Maty and Higbee, Will (eds.). De-Westernizing Film Studies. London and New York: Routledge, 2012." Transnational Cinemas, 4:1, pp. 129-131.. : Taylor and Francis :129-131-
Read more"Sisk, Christina L. Mexico, Nation in Transit: Contemporary Representations of Mexican Migration to the United States. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2011." Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, 16:4, pp. 555-558.
Mariano Paz (2013) "Sisk, Christina L. Mexico, Nation in Transit: Contemporary Representations of Mexican Migration to the United States. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2011." Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, 16:4, pp. 555-558.. : Wiley :555-558
Read more"Joanna Page's Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema and Gabriela Copertari's Desintegración y justicia en el cine Argentino contemporáneo." Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 89: 4, pp. 441-444.
Paz, Mariano (2012) "Joanna Page's Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema and Gabriela Copertari's Desintegración y justicia en el cine Argentino contemporáneo." Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 89: 4, pp. 441-444.. : Liverpool University Press :441-444
Read moreOther Publications
The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema. Edited by Marvin DâLugo, Ana M. López and Laura Podalsky. London/New York: Routledge. 2018. xviii + 400 pp.â
(2021) The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema. Edited by Marvin DâLugo, Ana M. López and Laura Podalsky. London/New York: Routledge. 2018. xviii + 400 pp.â . Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies
Read more"Edward King and Joanna Page, Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America." London: University College London Press, 2017. Journal of Latin American Studies, 51:4, pp. 980-982.
Mariano Paz (2019) "Edward King and Joanna Page, Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America." London: University College London Press, 2017. Journal of Latin American Studies, 51:4, pp. 980-982.. :980-982
Read more'La odisea de los giles. Dir. Sebastián Borensztein. Argentina, Spain.' Chasqui, 48:2, pp. 99-101.
Mariano Paz (2019) 'La odisea de los giles. Dir. Sebastián Borensztein. Argentina, Spain.' Chasqui, 48:2, pp. 99-101.. USA : Arizona State University
Read more"The Transnational Fantasies of Guillermo del Toro, Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw and Dolores Tierney (eds.)" Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas, 12:2, pp. 106-109.
Mariano Paz (2016) "The Transnational Fantasies of Guillermo del Toro, Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw and Dolores Tierney (eds.)" Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas, 12:2, pp. 106-109.. : Intellect :106-109
Read more"Bâ, Saër Maty and Higbee, Will (eds.). De-Westernizing Film Studies. London and New York: Routledge, 2012." Transnational Cinemas, 4:1, pp. 129-131.
Mariano Paz (2013) "Bâ, Saër Maty and Higbee, Will (eds.). De-Westernizing Film Studies. London and New York: Routledge, 2012." Transnational Cinemas, 4:1, pp. 129-131.. : Taylor and Francis :129-131-
Read more"Sisk, Christina L. Mexico, Nation in Transit: Contemporary Representations of Mexican Migration to the United States. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2011." Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, 16:4, pp. 555-558.
Mariano Paz (2013) "Sisk, Christina L. Mexico, Nation in Transit: Contemporary Representations of Mexican Migration to the United States. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2011." Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, 16:4, pp. 555-558.. : Wiley :555-558
Read more"Joanna Page's Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema and Gabriela Copertari's Desintegración y justicia en el cine Argentino contemporáneo." Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 89: 4, pp. 441-444.
Paz, Mariano (2012) "Joanna Page's Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema and Gabriela Copertari's Desintegración y justicia en el cine Argentino contemporáneo." Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 89: 4, pp. 441-444.. : Liverpool University Press :441-444
Read more"La Antena." Science Fiction Film and Television, 3: 2, pp. 325-328.
Paz, Mariano (2010) "La Antena." Science Fiction Film and Television, 3: 2, pp. 325-328.. : University of Liverpool Press :325-328
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