Contemporary Spanish cinemaContemporary focus, right up to date with material from 1980s and 90s. Wide-ranging analyses of major directors, themes, genres and issues, including historical film, genre cinema, women in film and autonomies. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 30
Page viii
... question under discussion. For those readers whose knowledge of Spanish is slight or non-existent, we have provided as far as possible translations of comments and opinions in Spanish cited in the text, although all film titles are ...
... question under discussion. For those readers whose knowledge of Spanish is slight or non-existent, we have provided as far as possible translations of comments and opinions in Spanish cited in the text, although all film titles are ...
Page 8
... questions and nuances are introduced when it is applied to a recent Spanish cinema marked by an obsessive focus on the past in narrative and thematics, its retro film styles and prodigious taste for nostalgia. Spain as an entity and ...
... questions and nuances are introduced when it is applied to a recent Spanish cinema marked by an obsessive focus on the past in narrative and thematics, its retro film styles and prodigious taste for nostalgia. Spain as an entity and ...
Page 9
... question and revise varying concepts of 'Spanishness'. The nation; national culture; national cinema As we begin to explore these representations, it will become apparent that notions of nation, national culture, national identity, etc ...
... question and revise varying concepts of 'Spanishness'. The nation; national culture; national cinema As we begin to explore these representations, it will become apparent that notions of nation, national culture, national identity, etc ...
Page 10
... questions of national and cultural identity at the micro- as well as the macro-regional level (Kinder 1993: 387-440). The latter will only become meaningful within their particular regional, social and historical contexts. The meanings ...
... questions of national and cultural identity at the micro- as well as the macro-regional level (Kinder 1993: 387-440). The latter will only become meaningful within their particular regional, social and historical contexts. The meanings ...
Page 16
... question of the relationship between reality, perception and representation firmly in the spotlight. And since ... questions because of the particular qualities of film as the medium most closely able to simulate reality through ...
... question of the relationship between reality, perception and representation firmly in the spotlight. And since ... questions because of the particular qualities of film as the medium most closely able to simulate reality through ...
Contents
1 | |
15 | |
popular genre film in postFranco Spain | 61 |
3 Gender and sexuality in postFranco cinema | 112 |
film in the autonomous regions | 156 |
Conclusion | 205 |
Index | 209 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activity adaptation Almodóvar Antonio appears attempts audiences Basque become Catalan changes characters Civil classic clearly comedy concerned contemporary context continued conventions critical cultural dealing desire developed directors dominant early effects emotional enic h sinapS established example exploitation explores female figures film’s filmmakers finally focus focused forms Franco Francoist gender genre highly historical homosexuality Hopewell identity images industry issues José Madrid major male menic misogyny movie murder musical narrative offered particularly past perhaps period played political popular position present production projects questions range reality recent reference reflect regional relations relationship representation represented role rural screen seen sexual shot significant sinapS y raropmetnoC social Spain Spanish cinema Spanish film spectator story style success television tended thriller traditional transition trend violence women young