New Mythological Figures in Spanish Cinema

Dissident Bodies under Franco

Pietsie Feenstra (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

332 Seiten

2011
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-90-8964-304-9 (ISBN)

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In the 1970s, especially after Franco's death in 1975, Spanish cinema was bursting at the seams. Numerous film directors broke free from the ancient taboos which had reigned under the dictatorship. They introduced characters who, through their bodies, transgress the traditional borders of social, cultural and sexual identities. Post- Franco cinema exhibits women, homosexuals, transsexuals, and delinquents in new and challenging ways. Under Franco rule, all of these dissident bodies were 'lost'. Here, they reflect new mythological figures, inhabiting an idealised body form (a prototypical body). These new images transform the stereotyped bodies as they question ancient archetypal values. Spanish cinema offers a dazzling performance transforming previous dissident bodies into the new protagonists of its national cinema.

Dr. Pietsie Feenstra lectures at Sorbonne University, Paris III, in the department of Film studies. She is a member of the French Research group Th��tres de la M�moire at Sorbonne University|Dr. Pietsie Feenstra lectures at Sorbonne University, Paris III, in the department of Film studies. For this research she was invited to lecture at several European Universities (University of Amsterdam, University of Groningen, University of Marne la Vall�e Paris XII, University of Paul-Verlaine Metz). This English book is a translation and updated version of her French PhD published as ; Les nouvelles figures mythiques du cin�ma espagnol 1975-1995. A corps perdus, Pr�face de Mich�le Lagny, Paris: Harmattan, Collection Champs Visuels, 2006. Her work on contemporary cinema is published in a Spanish edition with Hub. Hermans, Miradas sobre pasado y presente en el cine espa�ol 1990-2005, Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi, N� 32, 2008 (Awarded with a Premio de Mejor Libro de Compilaci�n de la Asociaci�n Espa�ola de Historiadores de Cine). Recently she published the edition M�moire du cin�ma espagnol 1975-2007, Paris: Corlet/T�l�rama, Cin�mAction, N� 130, 2009. She is a member of the French Research group Th��tres de la M�moire at Sorbonne University.

New Mythological Figures in Spanish Cinema - 2[-]Contents - 8[-]Acknowledgments - 10[-]Preface - 14[-]Introduction - 18[-]1. From prohibition to clear exhibition: how to read into these film-images? - 26[-]2. The liberation of women - 66[-]3. The homosexual body on stage - 130[-]4. The delinquent's body out of focus - 200[-]Conclusion - 274[-]Notes - 284[-]Bibliography - 308[-]Photography - 322[-]Index of Names - 324

Reihe/Serie	Film Culture in Transition
Zusatzinfo	10 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	Amsterdam
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	559 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	90-8964-304-4 / 9089643044
ISBN-13	978-90-8964-304-9 / 9789089643049
Zustand	Neuware