{"product_id":"the-child-in-spanish-cinema-9781784993795","title":"The Child in Spanish Cinema","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, the first full-length treatment of the child in Spanish cinema, Sarah Wright explores the ways that the cinematic child comes to represent 'prosthetic memory'. The central theme of the child and the monster is used to examine the relationship of the self to the past, and to cinema. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcentrating on films from the 1950s to the present day, the book explores religious films, musicals, 'art-house horror', science-fiction, social realism and fantasy. It includes reference to Erice's \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of The Beehive\u003c\/i\u003e, del Toro's \u003ci\u003ePan's Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMañas's El Bola\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eMarisol\u003c\/i\u003e films. The book also draws on a century of filmmaking in Spain and intersects with recent revelations concerning the horrors of the Spanish past. The child is a potent motif for the loss of historical memory and for its recuperation through cinema. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is suitable for scholars and undergraduates working in the areas of Spanish cinema, Spanish cultural studies and cinema studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The study will… be of great value to scholars and students of Spanish culture and film, not only as a survey of the child’s presence therein but also as an engaging series of creatively theorized close readings that enrich understanding of films canonical and otherwise.’\u003cbr\u003eSarah Thomas, Brown University, \u003ci\u003eModern Language Review Vol 112, Part 1 January 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘This book is compelling reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, film historians, Hispanists in general, and for anyone interested in the imaginary and the construction or invention of children by dictatorial regimes, exploitative producers and politically committed directors. Indeed, it could serve as a mandatory reference text for future university courses on this popular topic.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLorraine Ryan, University of Birmingham, Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies Volume II, Number 1, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: the child in Spanish cinema\u003cbr\u003e1. Auratic encounters with the child of the cine religioso\u003cbr\u003e2. Coming of age with Marisol \u003cbr\u003e3. Memory and the child witness in ‘art-house horror’ \u003cbr\u003e4. Angels and devils: embodiment and adolescence in recent Spanish films\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042323202391,"sku":"9781784993795","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784993795.jpg?v=1750953908","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-child-in-spanish-cinema-9781784993795","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}