The politics of age and disability in contemporary Spanish film : plus ultra pluralism / Matthew J. Marr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marr, Matthew J.

Series:

Routledge advances in film studies ; 20.

Routledge advances in film studies ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Spain--20th century--History and criticism.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Spain--21st century--History and criticism.

People with disabilities in motion pictures.

Aging in motion pictures.

Spain.

Physical Description:

xii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

"The Politics of Age and Disability in Contemporary Spanish Film examines the onscreen construction of adolescent, elderly, and disabled subjects in Spanish cinema from 1992 to the present. Applying a dual lens of film analysis and theory drawn from the allied fields of youth, age, and disability studies, this study is set both within and against a conversation on cultural diversity--with respect to gender, sexual, and ethnic identity--which has driven not only much of the past decade's most visible and fruitful scholarship on representation in Spanish film, but also the broader parameters of discourse on post--Transition Spain in the humanities. Presenting an engaging, and heretofore under-explored, interdisciplinary approach to images of multiculturalism in what has emerged as one of recent Spain's most vibrant areas of cultural production, this book brings a fresh, while still complementary, critical sensibility to the field of contemporary Peninsular film studies through its detailed discussion of six contemporary films (by Salvador García Ruiz, Achero Mañas, Santiago Aguilar & Luis Guridi, Marcos Carnevale, Alejandro Amenábar, and Pedro Almodóvar) and supporting reference to the production of other prominent and emerging filmmakers"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415808361

0415808367

OCLC:

741542128