Despotic bodies and transgressive bodies : Spanish culture from Francisco Franco to Jesús Franco / Tatjana Pavlovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pavlovic, Tatjana.

Series:

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Political aspects--Spain.

Arts.

Arts, Spanish--20th century.

Arts, Spanish.

Fascism and culture--Spain.

Fascism and culture.

Gender identity in art.

Human body--Symbolic aspects--Spain--History--20th century.

Human body.

Popular culture--Spain--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 159 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Focusing on Spanish culture and society in the second half of the twentieth century, Despotic Bodies and Transgressive Bodies traverses a variety of disciplines: literature, film studies, cultural studies, feminist theory, and history, to examine crucial moments of cultural transition. Beginning with an analysis of the period of autarky - Spain's economic, cultural, and ideological isolation under Francisco Franco's regime - Pavlovic then explores the tumultuous passage to capitalism in the late 1950s and 1960s. She follows this by revisiting the complex political situation following Franco's death and points out the difficulties in Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy. Combining a strong theoretical background with a detailed study of marginalized texts (La fiel infanteria), genres (the Spanish comedy known as the comedia sexy celtiberica), and film directors (Jesus Franco), Pavlovic reveals the construction of Spanish national identity through years of cultural tensions."--Jacket

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Despotic Body

The Traumatized Body

The Authoritarian Body in Agony

The Perverse Body

Transgressive Bodies of the Other Franco

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153) and index.

ISBN:

9780791487693

0791487695

9781417520510

1417520515

OCLC:

61367654