{"product_id":"the-cinema-of-pedro-almodovar-9781526167125","title":"The Cinema of Pedro AlmodóVar","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a comprehensive film-by-film analysis of Spain’s most famous living director, Pedro Almodóvar. It shows how Almodóvar's films draw on various national cinemas and genres, including Spanish cinema of the dictatorship, European art cinema, Hollywood melodrama and film noir. It also argues that Almodóvar's work is a form of social critique, his films consistently engaging with and challenging stereotypes about traditional and contemporary Spain in order to address Spain's traumatic historical past and how it continues to inform the present. Drawing on scholarship in both English and Spanish, the book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of film studies and Hispanic studies, scholars of contemporary cinema and general readers with a passion for the films of Pedro Almodóvar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sánchez-Arce adds significantly to understanding of Almodóvar with these insightful close readings of his features—readings that employ a methodology blending feminism and formalism while situating the films in appropriate sociopolitical and historical contexts.'\u003cbr\u003eCHOICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe cinema of Pedro Almodóvar \u003c\/i\u003esuccessfully manages the difficult task of finding new things to say about an auteur who has been widely written about and studied.’\u003cbr\u003eDolores Tierney,\u003ci\u003e Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The cinema of Pedro Almodovar”\u003c\/i\u003e is an intelligent, thoroughly researched study of all the films up to \u003ci\u003e“Dolor y Gloria” \u003c\/i\u003e(Pain and Glory, 2019), showing them to be nuanced and political reflections on a reckoning with Franco.'  The Prisma\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 The early films: \u003ci\u003ePepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLaberinto de pasiones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Kicking the habit: \u003ci\u003eEntre tinieblas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 High windows and ugly aesthetics: \u003ci\u003e¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Faking Spain: \u003ci\u003eMatador\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Other voices, other stories: \u003ci\u003eLa ley del deseo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Pure theatre: \u003ci\u003eMujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 On the verge of a genre breakdown:\u003ci\u003e ¡Átame!, Tacones lejanos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKika\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 The end of romance: \u003ci\u003eLa flor de mi secreto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Circle lines and memory work: \u003ci\u003eCarne trémula\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 Remembering children: \u003ci\u003eTodo sobre mi madre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 Still lives: \u003ci\u003eHable con ella\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 Faking memory: \u003ci\u003eLa mala educación\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 Motherlands: \u003ci\u003eVolver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14 Archaeology in the dark: \u003ci\u003eLos abrazos rotos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15 Visual seduction: \u003ci\u003eLa piel que habito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16 'Crisis cinema': \u003ci\u003eLos amantes pasajeros\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJulieta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: \u003ci\u003eDolor y gloria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilmography\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041034535255,"sku":"9781526167125","price":23.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526167125.jpg?v=1750948687","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cinema-of-pedro-almodovar-9781526167125","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}