New mythological figures in Spanish cinema : dissident bodies under Franco / Pietsie Feenstra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feenstra, Pietsie.

Series:

Film culture in transition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures, Spanish--History.

Motion pictures, Spanish.

Women in motion pictures.

Homosexuality in motion pictures.

History.

Physical Description:

325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2011.

Summary:

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." --Michele Lagny, Universite de Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III

Contents:

1 From prohibition to clear exhibition: how to read into these film-images? 25

I Exposing prohibition 25

II The body as witness 43

III Updating the archetype 54

2 The liberation of women 65

I Flunking Out (Asignatura Pendiente, 1977): breaking through a forbidden topic of the past 73

II The "Spanish" Carmen by Carlos Saura 89

III High Heels (Tacones Lejanos, 1991): a mother walks away 108

IV General conclusion on the three films I26

3 The homosexual body on stage 129

I Sex Change (Cambio de sexo, 1977); rejecting the homosexual body 137

II The Deputy (El diputado, 1978): the political body 153

III The Death of Mikel (La muerte de Mikel, 1983): becoming visible 166

IV Desire became the law in 1987 181

V Masculinity and homosexuality 195

4 The delinquent's body out of focus 199

I Hurry, Hurry, (Deprisa, deprisa, 1981): faster than time 212

II El Lute: a mythological figure is born in the 1960s 231

III Running out of Time (Dias contados, 1994): drug addiction and terrorism 250

IV Conclusion: historicising evil through mythological figures 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-320) and index.

ISBN:

9789089643049

9089643044

9789089643032

9089643036

OCLC:

711050648