Introduction
1. 'Poor reception' and the popular in classical Mexican cinema
2. 'El Indio' Fernández, Mexico's marginalized golden boy and national auteur
3. Calendar María - hybridity, indigenismo and the discourse of whitening
4. Gender, sexuality and the Revolution in Enamorada
5. Gender, sexuality and the Revolution in Salón México, Las abandonadas and Víctimas del pecado
6. Progress, modernity and Fernández' 'anti-modernist utopia': Río Escondido
Epilogue: Mexican Cinema and Emilio Fernández post the Golden Age - From Golden Boy to 'the man in black'
Filmography