Marsh, Steven, Nair, Parvati
Gender and Spanish Cinema
Gender and Spanish Cinema
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Author: Marsh, Steven, Nair, Parvati
Spain
Published on 1 October 2004 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Berg Publishers).
Paperback / softback | 288 pages, 14 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
216 x 138 | 300g
What does the portrayal of gender in film reveal about Spanish society? To what extent and in what ways does cinema contribute to constructions of national and regional identity? How does gender interact with ethnicity, class, politics and history?Gender and Spanish Cinema addresses these questions and more in its examination of twentieth-century film. Defining 'gender' in its broadest sense, the authors discuss topics such as body, performance, desire and fantasy. Gender is not considered in isolation, but is discussed in relation to nationalism, race, memory, psychoanalyisis and historical context. The chapters are wide-ranging, dealing with subjects such as Buuel, cinema under Franco, 1950s melodrama and Pedro Almodvar.Bringing together leading academics from the UK, US and Spain, this volume examines the diversity of gender representation in Spanish cinema through a range of genres. A filmography and illustrations enhance the text.
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