Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-293) and index.

Includes filmography: p. [295]-313.

Reinventing the frame: exploitation and Latin America / Victoria Ruetalo and Dolores Tierney -- Before exploitation: three men of the cinema in Mexico / Ana M. L�opez -- Latsploitation beyond borders. "Perversa Am�erica Latina": the reception of Latin American exploitation cinemas in Spanish subcultures / Antonio L�azaro Reboll -- Roger Corman dis/covers Peru: national cinema and Luis Llosa's Hour of the assassin/Misi�on en los Andes / Jeffrey Middents -- "I wonder who the real cannibals are": Latin America and colonialism in European exploitation cinema / Andrew Syder -- Latsploitation auteurs. Emilio Vieyra: Argentina's transnational master of horror / Gerard Dapena -- Arty exploitation, cool cult, and the cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky / Josetxo Cerd�an and Miguel Fern�andez Labayen -- Jos�e Mojica Marins and the cultural politics of marginality in 'third world' film criticism / Dolores Tierney -- More than simply cowboys, naked virgins, werewolves, and vampires? The transatlantic cinema of Le�on Klimovsky / Andrew Willis -- Politicizing latsploitation. Made in South America: locating Snuff / Glenn Ward -- Based on a true story: reality-based exploitation cinema in Mexico / David Wilt -- Con amor, tequila, y gasolina: Lola, the truck driver and screen resistance in cine fronterizo / Catherine L. Benamou -- The naco in Mexican film: La banda del carro rojo, border cinema, and migrant audiences / Ad�an Avalos -- Sex, sex, and more sex. Temptations: Isabel Sarli exposed / Victoria Ru�etalo -- Sharksploitation: Ren�e Cardona Jr.'s submarine gaze / Misha MacLaird -- Sex and the generals: reading Brazilian pornochanchada as sexploitation / Stephanie Dennison -- "Tus pinches leyes yo me las paso por los huevos": Isela Vega and Mexican dirty movies / Sergio de la Mora -- Epilogue. At the margin of the margins: contemporary Ecuadorian exploitation cinema and the local pirate market / Gabriela Alem�an.