Chapter 1 Cinema and Humor in Latin America: An Introduction

Chapter 2 Luis Sandrini’s Stutter, Early Argentine Film Comedy, and the Representability of Time

Chapter 3 “Comrades, There Are Moments in Life That Are Truly Momentary”: Cantinflas and the Administration of Public Matters

Chapter 4 The Laugh of Niní Marshall: Comic Performance and Gender Performativity in Argentinean Classical Cinema

Chapter 5 The Early Comedies of Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Chapter 6 Backwardness and Modernity in the Rural Tradition of Mazzaropi Comedies

Chapter 7 Enrique Cahen Salaberry and Hugo Sofovich: Humor Strategies in the Films Featuring the Duo Alberto Olmedo and Jorge Porcel

Chapter 8 Colombian Popular Comedy for Dummies: The Nieto Roa and Dago García Producciones Formula

Chapter 9 Invasion of the Nacos ! Mocking Social Prejudice in Contemporary Mexican Cinema

Chapter 11 Who’s Laughing Now? Indigenous Media and the Politics of Humor

Chapter 12 A Sense of Humor and Society in Three Chilean Comedies: Taxi para tres, Sexo con Amor , and Super, Todo Chile adentro