Burning darkness : a half century of Spanish cinema / edited by Joan Ramon Resina ; with the assistance of Andres Lema-Hincapie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Resina, Joan Ramon.

Lema-Hincapié, Andrés.

Series:

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture.

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Spain--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture industry--Spain.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Encourages a deep reading of a selection of essential Spanish films.

Contents:

""7. Los parasos perdidos: Cinema of Return and Repetition (Basilio Martin Patino, 1985)""""8. (M)Othering Strategies in El pajaro de la felicidad (Pilar Mira, 1993)""; ""9. Abjection, Trauma, and the Material Image: La madre muerta (Juanma Bajo Ulloa, 1993)""; ""10. The Catalan Body Politic as Aired in La teta i la lluna (Bigas Luna, 1994)""; ""11. Genre and Screen Violence: Revisiting Tesis (Alejandro Amenabar, 1995)""; ""12. Conceptualizing the Impact in Los amantes del Carculo Polar (Julio Medem, 1998)""

""13. Immortal/Undead: The Body and the Transmission of Tradition in Amic/Amat (Ventura Pons, 1998)""""14. Imitation of Life: Transsexuality and Transtextuality in Todo sobre mi madre (Pedro Almodovar, 1999)""; ""15. The Construction of the Cinematic Image: En construccion (Jose Luis Gueran, 2000)""; ""Works Cited""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-293) and index.

ISBN:

9780791478059

079147805X

9781435663305

1435663306

OCLC:

244786146