ABSTRACT

This article approaches whiteness in Mexico as the legacy of both the economic and ideological dimensions of the coloniality of power. Mexican cinema, though traditionally an agent in the idealization of the local construct of whiteness, has recently begun to turn a critical lens toward it, as in the case of Alejandra Márquez Abella’s 2018 film, Las niñas bien. Framed within decolonial thought, Bourdieu’s social theory, and critical race theory, this article carries out a close reading of the film to argue that it problematizes the white Mexican elite’s raced and gendered classism. In so doing, Las niñas bien works to dislodge the group as a social and cultural ideal while providing an incisive counterpoint to the democratic myth of Mexican mestizaje.

摘要

本文将墨西哥的白人视为权力殖民的经济和意识形态层面的遗产。墨西哥电影虽然传统上是当地白人构造理想化的推动者，但最近开始将批判的镜头转向它，例如亚历杭德拉·马尔克斯·阿贝拉 (Alejandra Márquez Abella) 的 2018 年电影 Las niñas bien。在非殖民主义思想、布迪厄的社会理论和批判种族理论的框架内，本文对这部电影进行了仔细阅读，认为它质疑了墨西哥白人精英的种族和性别阶级主义。在这样做的过程中，Las niñas bien 努力将这个群体驱逐为一种社会和文化理想，同时与墨西哥 mestizaje 的民主神话形成鲜明对比。