Contemporary Spanish cinema

By (author) Barry Jordan, Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas

Publication date:

02 July 1998

Length of book:

224 pages

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Dimensions:

234x156mm

ISBN-13: 9780719044137

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contemporary 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.

Preface
Introduction
1. Reconstucting the past: Historical cinema in post-Pranco Spain
2. Cultural re-inscription: Popular genre film in post-Franco Spain
3. Gender and sexuality in post-Franco cinema
4. Recuperating nationalist identities: Film in the autonomous regions
Conclusion
Index