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1. Singing of dubious desire: Imperio Argentina and Penélope Cruz as Nazi Germany’s exotic Other
2. Voicing gender: transgender performance and the national imaginary in the Spanish cinema of the democratic era
3. Bien pagá: popular song in the films of Pedro Almodóvar
4. El otro lado de la cama: remixed Transition (1973-1982)
5. On the function of punk aesthetics in Salto al vacío and Historias del Kronen
6. Soundscapes of resistance in the quinqui film
7. Song-shaped cinema: the performance of Gypsy and Basque songs in relation to film form
8. Travelling song: music, iteration and translation in La leyenda del tiempo
9. Sound moves: immigration and music in Cosas que dejé en La Habana
10. The Afro-Cuban soundscape of Mexico City: authenticating spaces of violence and immorality in Salón México and Víctimas del pecado
11. Blues traveller: Habana blues and the framing of diasporic cubanía
12. Dancing in the dark: Saura’s Tango
13. Re-making Frida Kahlo through song in Frida
14. ‘Silence! Fado is about to be sung’: fado and the comédia à portuguesa
15. Sounds from Brazil: brasilidade and the rise of the music documentary
16. Soundtrack to roguery: music and malandragem in the city
17. The Brazilian chanchada’s musical moments and the performance of identity
18. Orpheus in Babylon: music, myth and realism in the films of Rio de Janeiro
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Screening Songs in Hispanic and Lusophone Cinema

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/05/2012
      ISBN13: 9780719083808, 978-0719083808
      ISBN10: 071908380X

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      1. Singing of dubious desire: Imperio Argentina and Penélope Cruz as Nazi Germany’s exotic Other
      2. Voicing gender: transgender performance and the national imaginary in the Spanish cinema of the democratic era
      3. Bien pagá: popular song in the films of Pedro Almodóvar
      4. El otro lado de la cama: remixed Transition (1973-1982)
      5. On the function of punk aesthetics in Salto al vacío and Historias del Kronen
      6. Soundscapes of resistance in the quinqui film
      7. Song-shaped cinema: the performance of Gypsy and Basque songs in relation to film form
      8. Travelling song: music, iteration and translation in La leyenda del tiempo
      9. Sound moves: immigration and music in Cosas que dejé en La Habana
      10. The Afro-Cuban soundscape of Mexico City: authenticating spaces of violence and immorality in Salón México and Víctimas del pecado
      11. Blues traveller: Habana blues and the framing of diasporic cubanía
      12. Dancing in the dark: Saura’s Tango
      13. Re-making Frida Kahlo through song in Frida
      14. ‘Silence! Fado is about to be sung’: fado and the comédia à portuguesa
      15. Sounds from Brazil: brasilidade and the rise of the music documentary
      16. Soundtrack to roguery: music and malandragem in the city
      17. The Brazilian chanchada’s musical moments and the performance of identity
      18. Orpheus in Babylon: music, myth and realism in the films of Rio de Janeiro
      Index

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