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A Companion to Spanish Cinema
Contributor(s): Labanyi, Jo (Editor), Pavlovic, Tatjana (Editor)
ISBN: 1119170133     ISBN-13: 9781119170136
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $58.85  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Dewey: 791.430
Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.6" W x 9.6" (2.50 lbs) 672 pages
 
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A Companion to Spanish Cinema is a bold collection of newly commissioned essays written by top international scholars that thoroughly interrogates Spanish cinema from a variety of thematic, theoretical and historic perspectives.

  • Presents an insightful and provocative collection of newly commissioned essays and original research by top international scholars from a variety of theoretical, disciplinary and geographical perspectives
  • Offers a systematic historical, thematic, and theoretical approach to Spanish cinema, unique in the field
  • Combines a thorough and insightful study of a wide spectrum of topics and issues with in-depth textual analysis of specific films
  • Explores Spanish cinema's cultural, artistic, industrial, theoretical and commercial contexts pre- and post-1975 and the notion of a "national" cinema
  • Canonical directors and stars are examined alongside understudied directors, screenwriters, editors, and secondary actors
  • Presents original research on image and sound; genre; non-fiction film; institutions, audiences and industry; and relations to other media, as well as a theoretically-driven section designed to stimulate innovative research