Aesthetics, ethics and trauma in the cinema of Pedro Almodóvar / Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gutiérrez-Albilla, Julián Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Almodóvar, Pedro--Criticism and interpretation.

Almodóvar, Pedro.

Motion pictures--Spain--History and criticism.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Reconceptualising Almodóvar's films as theoretical and political resources, this innovative book examines a neglected aspect of his cinema: its engagement with the traumatic past, with subjective and collective memory, and with the ethical and political meanings that result from this engagement.

Contents:

1. Im-Possibility of Not-Returning: Volver

2. Im-Possibility of Not-Sharing: Todo sobre mi madre

3. Im-Possibility of Not-Writing Otherwise: La mala education

4. Im-Possibility of Not-Succumbing: La piel que habito.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Aug 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-0011-6

1-4744-2772-3

OCLC:

1306540481