{"product_id":"the-spanish-quinqui-film-delinquency-sound-sensation-9781526131775","title":"The Spanish Quinqui Film: Delinquency, Sound,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first major study in English of \u003ci\u003ecine quinqui\u003c\/i\u003e, a cycle of popular Spanish films from the late 1970s and early 1980s that starred real-life juvenile delinquents. The book provides a close analysis of key \u003ci\u003equinqui\u003c\/i\u003e films by directors such as Eloy de la Iglesia, José Antonio de la Loma and Carlos, as well as the moral panics, public fears and media debates that surrounded their controversial production and reception. In paying particular attention to the soundtrack of the films, the book shows how marginal youth cultures during Spain’s transition to democracy were shaped by sound. It\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewill be of interest to scholars and students of Spanish film, history and cultural studies, and those working in sound studies and youth subcultures more broadly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Spanish quinqui film\u003c\/i\u003e is a joy to read. Its approach to the topic weaves together recent scholarship in Spanish film studies on the location of film within a broader mediascape and the inner workings of celebrity.'\u003cbr\u003eSusan Larson, \u003ci\u003eStudies in Spanish \u0026amp; Latin American Cinemas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This brilliant study of the largely overlooked cycle of Spanish crime thrillers of the 1970s and 1980s, the \u003ci\u003equinqui \u003c\/i\u003efilm, makes a key contribution to the field of Spanish film studies and, in its careful attention to the aural as well as visual textures of the films, to sound studies more widely. Its reading of Spanish culture of the critical years of rapid transformation from dictatorship to democracy is especially acute: exploring the representation of urban youth crime in these films allows Tom Whittaker to show us the shifting contours of a society in transition with lucid clarity.'\u003cbr\u003eSally Faulkner, Professor of Hispanic Studies and Film Studies, University of Exeter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Written with verve, Whittaker’s study gives a shrewd account of \u003ci\u003ecine quinqui \u003c\/i\u003eas  a register of the underside of Spain’s transition to democracy. The  attention to what he calls the  “soundscape of marginality” also makes  it a valuable contribution to the emerging field of Spanish sound  studies.’\u003cbr\u003eJo Labanyi, Professor of Spanish, New York University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Focusing on the politics, ethnicity, music and voice of youthful    delinquent culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Tom Whittaker puts    flesh on the bones of the marginalised teenagers who, emerging    from the fringes of Spanish cities, struck terror into the hearts of  the   respectable middle classes, professional politicians and media   pundits.  \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish quinqui film\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in English to shed light on the violent underbelly of the purportedly “modelic” Spanish transition from dictatorship to democracy.’\u003cbr\u003eSteven Marsh, Professor of Spanish Film and Cultural Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This resonant study couples the author’s groundbreaking work on sound in Spanish film with sharp sensitivity to the social history of a country in transition. Vivid technical analyses show the marginalised protagonists and radical practices of the \u003ci\u003equinqui \u003c\/i\u003efilm tradition as thrilling some audiences and threatening others – as embodying the uncontainable.'\u003cbr\u003eChris Perriam, author of \u003ci\u003eStars and Masculinities in Spanish Cinema\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Whittaker’s work offers valuable contributions to the field of film and sound studies by making this fascinating genre more accessible to scholarly discussion and analysis as an important reference source for students, researchers, and film lovers.'\u003cbr\u003eHispania\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1        Unruly speed and sensation in the \u003ci\u003ePerros callejeros\u003c\/i\u003e cycle\u003cbr\u003e2        Soundscapes of anxiety: civil insecurity, democracy and the home\u003cbr\u003e3        Sound and skin in the\u003ci\u003e quinqui\u003c\/i\u003e films of Eloy de la Iglesia \u003cbr\u003e4        Listening to the delinquent voice \u003cbr\u003e5        The place of the \u003ci\u003erumba\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003ecine quinqui\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040995770711,"sku":"9781526131775","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526131775.jpg?v=1750948526","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-spanish-quinqui-film-delinquency-sound-sensation-9781526131775","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}