Cosmopolitan Film Cultures in Latin America, 1896-1960Cosmopolitan Film Cultures in Latin America examines how cinema forged cultural connections between Latin American publics and film exporting nations in the first half of the twentieth century. Predating today's transnational media industries by several decades, these connections were defined by active economic and cultural exchanges, as well as longstanding inequalities in political power and cultural capital. The essays explore the arrival and