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Book Synopsis
A Companion to Spanish Cinema is a bold collection of newly commissioned essays written by top international scholars that thoroughly interrogates Spanish cinema from a variety of thematic, theoretical and historic perspectives.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

List of Figures ix

List of Contributors xviii

1 Introduction 1
Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlović

Part I Reframing the National 13

2 Transnational Frameworks 15
Gerard Dapena, Marvin D’Lugo, and Alberto Elena

3 Echoes and Traces: Catalan Cinema, or Cinema in Catalonia 50
Brad Epps

4 Negotiating the Local and the Global: Andalusia, the Basque Country, and Galicia 81
José Colmeiro and Joseba Gabilondo

Part II The Construction of the Auteur 111

5 Auteurism and the Construction of the Canon 113
Marvin D’Lugo and Paul Julian Smith

6 Strategic Auteurism 152
Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, Steven Marsh, Susan Martin-Márquez, and Santos Zunzunegui

Part III Genre 191

7 Comedy and Musicals 193
Steven Marsh, Chris Perriam, Eva Woods Peiró, and Santos Zunzunegui

8 Melodrama and Historical Film 224
Jo Labanyi, Annabel Martín, and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega

9 Film Noir, the Thriller, and Horror 259
Jo Labanyi, Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega

Part IV Stars as Cultural Icons 291

10 The Construction of the Star System 293
Kathleen M. Vernon and Eva Woods Peiró

11 Stars, Modernity, and Celebrity Culture 319
Tatjana Pavlović, Chris Perriam, and Nuria Triana Toribio

Part V Image and Sound 343

12 Photography, Production Design, and Editing 345
Vicente Sánchez-Biosca

13 Soundtrack 370
Román Gubern and Kathleen M. Vernon

Part VI The Film Apparatus: Production, Infrastructure, and Audiences 389

14 Censorship, Film Studios, and Production Companies 391
Josetxo Cerdán, Román Gubern, Jo Labanyi, Steven Marsh, Tatjana Pavlović, and Nuria Triana Toribio

15 Film Clubs, Festivals, Archives, and Magazines 434
Ferran Alberich, Román Gubern, and Vicente Sánchez-Biosca

16 Audiences 464
Manuel Palacio and Kathleen M. Vernon

Part VII Relations with Other Media 487

17 Cinema, Popular Entertainment, Literature, and Television 489
Sally Faulkner, Vicente Sánchez-Biosca, and Paul Julian Smith

Part VIII Beyond the Fiction Film 519

18 Newsreels, Documentary, Experimental Film, Shorts, and Animation 521
Josetxo Cerdán and Vicente Sánchez-Biosca

Part IX Reading Films through Theory 543

19 Isabel Coixet’s Engagement with Feminist Film Theory: From G (the Gaze) to H (the Haptic) 545
Susan Martin-Márquez

20 Becoming a Queer (M)Other in/and/through Film: Transsexuality, Trans-subjectivity, and Maternal Relationality in Almodóvar’s Todo sobre mi madre 563
Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla

21 The Space of the Vampire: Materiality and Disappearance in the Films of Iván Zulueta 581
Brad Epps

Index 597

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9781119170136, 978-1119170136
      ISBN10: 1119170133
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Companion to Spanish Cinema is a bold collection of newly commissioned essays written by top international scholars that thoroughly interrogates Spanish cinema from a variety of thematic, theoretical and historic perspectives.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments viii

      List of Figures ix

      List of Contributors xviii

      1 Introduction 1
      Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlović

      Part I Reframing the National 13

      2 Transnational Frameworks 15
      Gerard Dapena, Marvin D’Lugo, and Alberto Elena

      3 Echoes and Traces: Catalan Cinema, or Cinema in Catalonia 50
      Brad Epps

      4 Negotiating the Local and the Global: Andalusia, the Basque Country, and Galicia 81
      José Colmeiro and Joseba Gabilondo

      Part II The Construction of the Auteur 111

      5 Auteurism and the Construction of the Canon 113
      Marvin D’Lugo and Paul Julian Smith

      6 Strategic Auteurism 152
      Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, Steven Marsh, Susan Martin-Márquez, and Santos Zunzunegui

      Part III Genre 191

      7 Comedy and Musicals 193
      Steven Marsh, Chris Perriam, Eva Woods Peiró, and Santos Zunzunegui

      8 Melodrama and Historical Film 224
      Jo Labanyi, Annabel Martín, and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega

      9 Film Noir, the Thriller, and Horror 259
      Jo Labanyi, Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega

      Part IV Stars as Cultural Icons 291

      10 The Construction of the Star System 293
      Kathleen M. Vernon and Eva Woods Peiró

      11 Stars, Modernity, and Celebrity Culture 319
      Tatjana Pavlović, Chris Perriam, and Nuria Triana Toribio

      Part V Image and Sound 343

      12 Photography, Production Design, and Editing 345
      Vicente Sánchez-Biosca

      13 Soundtrack 370
      Román Gubern and Kathleen M. Vernon

      Part VI The Film Apparatus: Production, Infrastructure, and Audiences 389

      14 Censorship, Film Studios, and Production Companies 391
      Josetxo Cerdán, Román Gubern, Jo Labanyi, Steven Marsh, Tatjana Pavlović, and Nuria Triana Toribio

      15 Film Clubs, Festivals, Archives, and Magazines 434
      Ferran Alberich, Román Gubern, and Vicente Sánchez-Biosca

      16 Audiences 464
      Manuel Palacio and Kathleen M. Vernon

      Part VII Relations with Other Media 487

      17 Cinema, Popular Entertainment, Literature, and Television 489
      Sally Faulkner, Vicente Sánchez-Biosca, and Paul Julian Smith

      Part VIII Beyond the Fiction Film 519

      18 Newsreels, Documentary, Experimental Film, Shorts, and Animation 521
      Josetxo Cerdán and Vicente Sánchez-Biosca

      Part IX Reading Films through Theory 543

      19 Isabel Coixet’s Engagement with Feminist Film Theory: From G (the Gaze) to H (the Haptic) 545
      Susan Martin-Márquez

      20 Becoming a Queer (M)Other in/and/through Film: Transsexuality, Trans-subjectivity, and Maternal Relationality in Almodóvar’s Todo sobre mi madre 563
      Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla

      21 The Space of the Vampire: Materiality and Disappearance in the Films of Iván Zulueta 581
      Brad Epps

      Index 597

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