New Mythological Figures in Spanish Cinema: Dissident Bodies under Franco (Film Culture in Transition (Paperback)) - Softcover

Feenstra, Pietsie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9089643044 ISBN 13: 9789089643049

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, 2012

Synopsis

After General Francisco Franco died in 1975, Spanish cinema was bursting at the seams. Many film directors broke free from the ancient taboos which had reigned under Franco’s dictatorship, introducing characters who transgressed the traditional borders of social, cultural, and sexual identities. The women, homosexuals, transsexuals, and delinquents who were considered lost, dissonant bodies under Franco’s rule became the new protagonists of Spanish cinema.

“Here is a ‘book of passion’ on the metamorphoses of post-Francoist Spain as it catapulted into the contemporary world (1975–95). It is a book that questions the power of myths expressed through passionate bodies, in particular bodies who for too long were marginalized in traditional societies.” —Michèle Lagny, Université de Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III

About this title

About the Author:

Pietsie Feenstra lectures at the Sorbonne in Paris, in the Department of Film Studies.

Review:

-Feenstra's analyses are a significant contribution to the scholarly dialogue about contemporary Spanish film and its representations of defiance and the recuperation of cultural identity in the decades following Franco's death�A model for the analysis of cinematic narrative, hers should offer special interest to students of Spanish film and Spanish history.� --Dr. Richard K. Curry, Editor, Cine y Revista de estudios interdisciplinarios sobre cine en espa�ol.[-][-]-This is a substantial new contribution to the cultural study of post-Franco Spain. It traces in sparkling detail the passage from dissidence and marginalisation to scandalous centrality through the body's signifying practices on screen. Its preoccupation with visibility and ideological change gives it a special topical pertinence.�-Chris Perriam, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Manchester.[-][-]-Here is a -book of passion� on the metamorphoses of post-Francoist Spain as it catapulted into the contemporary world (1975-1995). It is a book that questions the power of myths expressed through passionate bodies, in particular bodies who for too long were marginalized in traditional societies.�-- Mich�le Lagny, professor of the history of culture at the Universit� de Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III.[-][-]A well researched study on post-Franco cinema, that breaks new ground in Spanish film studies by introducing contemporary French theories on myths and stereotypes into the field; of particular interest is the way in which it shows how stereotypes function in a context of political change.[-](Nadia Lie, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Louvain (KULeuven), Belgium)[-][-]Pietsie Feenstra's new book makes a significant and welcome contribution to the field of Spanish cultural studies. In her mapping of the evolution of the body as it both marks film and is, in turn, marked by film, Feenstra offers a set of insightful and original readings that will challenge contemporary Spanish historiography and add to the growing corpus of work on Spanish cinema.[-]Steven Marsh, Assistant Professor of Latin American and Peninsular Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago

About this edition

• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9089643044
• ISBN 13: 9789089643049
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256