{"product_id":"studying-talk-to-her-9781906733438","title":"Studying Talk to Her","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalk to Her\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) is a hugely rich and interesting though ambiguous film that met with both popular success and critical acclaim. The film won an Oscar for best original screenplay and has been hailed by some critics as Pedro Almodóvar's masterpiece. Yet like most of Almodóvar's films, little is clear cut. The characters are complex and our affinity and empathy for them shifts throughout the film. In \u003ci\u003eStudying\u003c\/i\u003e Talk to Her, Emily Hughes provides an in-depth analysis of both the formal elements of the film (its narrative, genre, and auteur study) and the themes and issues it raises, discussing the social context of modern Spain and its old, traditional iconography; shifting attitudes towards gender; and, crucially, the film's uneasy, morally ambiguous depiction of rape and the spectator's reaction to it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFact sheet and synopsis\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eAlmodóvar as an Auteur\u003cbr\u003eMise-en-scène and Cinematography\u003cbr\u003eGender\u003cbr\u003ePhysicality and The Body\u003cbr\u003eMessages and Values: Rape and Moral Ambiguity\u003cbr\u003ePsychoanalysis\u003cbr\u003eThemes\u003cbr\u003eGenre and Narrative\u003cbr\u003eAudience and Critical Response\u003cbr\u003eSummary\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043149480279,"sku":"9781906733438","price":27.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781906733438.jpg?v=1750957202","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/studying-talk-to-her-9781906733438","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}