Spanish practices : literature, cinema, television / Paul Julian Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Paul Julian.

Series:

Moving image (Modern Humanities Research Association) ; 1.

Moving image ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Literature and society--Spain.

Literature and society.

Television and literature.

Motion pictures and television.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Spain.

Motion pictures--Spain--History.

Motion pictures.

History.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Spain.

Motion pictures and television--Spain.

Television and literature--Spain.

Physical Description:

166 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Legenda, Modern Humanities Research Association and Maney Publishing, 2012.

Summary:

This book is the first to explore the interaction of three media in contemporary Spain. Focusing on some of the best known and most important books, feature films, and television series in the country (including novelist Antonio Munoz Molina, director Pedro Almodovar, and the Spanish version of telenovela Ugly Betty), it addresses three pairs of linked issues central to Hispanic studies and beyond: history and memory, authority and society, and genre and transitivity. Much of the material is very recent and thus as yet unstudied. The book also focuses on the representation of gender, sexuality, and transnationalism in these texts. Drawing on approaches from both the humanities and social sciences it combines close readings of key texts with the analysis of production processes, media institutions, audiences, and reception.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781907975042

1907975047

OCLC:

751836387