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Frederick Aldamas The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez (2014) was the first full-scale study of one of the most prolific and significant Latino directors making films today. In this companion volume; Aldama enlists a corps of experts to analyze a majority of Rodriguezs feature films; from his first break-out success El Mariachi in 1992 to Machete in 2010. The essays explore the formal and thematic features present in his films from the perspectives of industry (context; convention; and distribution); the film blueprint (auditory and visual ingredients); and consumption (ideal and real audiences). The authors illuminate the manifold ways in which Rodriguezs films operate internally (plot; character; and event) and externally (audience perception; thought; and feeling).The volume is divided into three parts: "Matters of Mind and Media" includes essays that use psychoanalytic and cognitive psychology to shed light on how Rodriguezs films complicate Latino identity; as well as how they succeed in remaking audiences preconceptions of the world. "Narrative Theory; Cognitive Science; and Sin City: A Case Study" offers tools and models of analysis for the study of Rodriguezs film re-creation of a comic book (on which Frank Miller was credited as codirector). "Aesthetic and Ontological Border Crossings and Borderlands" considers how Rodriguezs films innovatively critique fixed notions of Latino identity and experience; as well as open eyes to racial injustices. As a whole; the volume demonstrates how Rodriguezs career offers critical insights into the filmmaking industry; the creative process; and the consuming and reception of contemporary film.