Gender and Spanish Cinema [Paperback]

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.Introduction--Steven Marsh and Parvati Nair * Between the Phobic Object and the Dissident Subject--Juli?n Daniel Guti?rrez-Albilla * Costume, Identity, and Spectator Pleasure in Historical Films of the Early Franco Period--Jo Labanyi * Masculinity, Monuments and Movement--Steven Marsh * Madness, Queenship and Womanhood in Ordu?a'sLocura De Amor(1948) and Aranda'sJuana la Loca(2001)--Celia Mart?n P?rez * New Sexual Politics in the Cinema of the Transition to Democracy--Alejandro Melero * Borderline Men--Parvati Nair * A Psychoanalysis ofLa Mujer Mas Fea de Mundo(1999)--Eva Parrondo Coppel * Gender and Spanish Horror Film--Tatjana Pavlovic * Heterosociality inSegunda Piel(Gerardo Vera, 2000) andSobrevivir?(Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes, 1999)--Chris Perriam * ?Victoria?--Rob Stone * Theatricality, Melodrama, and Stardom inEl ?ltimo Cupl?--Kathleen M. Vernon * Radio Free Folkl?ricas--Eva Woods

Steven Marsh is Lecturer in Film and Media Studies, New York University in Madrid
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