| Spanish National Cinema Contributor(s): Triana-Toribio, Nuria (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415220602 ISBN-13: 9780415220606 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: Nuria Triana-Toribio's insightful study traces how film functioned as a national cultural industry under the Franco regime and since the coming of democracy in the 1970s. She also examines the increasing influence of Hollywood in the financing and character of contemporary Spanish films. While the book addresses the work of such "high art" filmmakers as Almodovar and Medem, whose work has achieved international recognition, Nuria Triana-Toribio's main focus is on popular cinema which has been successful or significant in a national context. Using accounts of films, popular film magazines and documents not readily available to an English-speaking audience, as well as case studies focusing on the key issues of each epoch, this volume illuminates the complex and changing relationship between cinema and Spanish national identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - Reference - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| Series: National Cinemas Series |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.36" W x 9.06" (0.85 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study examines the discourses of nationalism as they intersected or clashed with Spanish film production from its inception to the present. While the book addresses the discourses around filmmakers such as Almod var and Medem, whose work has achieved international recognition, Spanish National Cinema is particularly novel in its treatment of a whole range of popular cinema rarely touched on in studies of Spanish cinema. Using accounts of films, popular film magazines and documents not readily available to an English-speaking audience, as well as case studies focusing on the key issues of each epoch, this volume illuminates the complex and changing relationship between cinema and Spanish national identity. |