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Burning Darkness
A Half Century of Spanish Cinema

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Joan Ramon Resina - Editor
Andrés Lema-Hincapié - With assistance from

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture

Price: $75.00
Hardcover - 318 pages

Release Date: July 2008

ISBN10: N/A
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-7503-4

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Paperback - 318 pages

Release Date: July 2009

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ISBN13: 978-0-7914-7504-1

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Electronic - 318 pages

Release Date: July 2008

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ISBN13: 978-0-7914-7805-9

Summary

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

From the origins of the New Spanish Cinema in the 1950s to the end of the last century, Burning Darkness features essays on a selection of essential films by Spain’s most important directors, including Pedro Almodóvar, Luis Buñuel, Víctor Erice, Ventura Pons, and others. Contributors focus on current theoretical debates and issues of representation, politics, cultural identity, and aesthetics. Rather than historically surveying Spanish films, the book encourages a deep reading of these essential works and the ways they cast light on specific aspects of Spanish society and its recent history. Accessibly written, it will appeal not only to students and scholars but also to anyone interested in Spanish cinema.

“The essays are generally thoroughly researched and well written, and they take fresh, fruitful approaches to their subject matter … This collection significantly furthers understanding of Spanish cinema.” — CHOICE

“The editors have brought together some of the most important scholars in contemporary peninsular studies from North America and Europe. From one chapter to the next, the book consistently demonstrates an interplay between film (as both industry and artifact) and the social, political, economic, and cultural factors that surround it. In its plurality of critical perspectives, Burning Darkness demonstrates the depth and breadth of the critical dialogue that Spanish film has generated over the last half century.” — Colleen P. Culleton, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Contributors include Irení Depetris Chauvin, Tom Conley, Robert A. Davidson, Josep-Anton Fernàndez, Barry Jordan, Dominic Keown, Jo Labanyi, Andrés Lema-Hincapié, Jaume Martí-Olivella, Tatjana Pavlovic, Eva Woods Peiró, Chris Perriam, Àngel Quintana, Joan Ramon Resina, and Esteve Riambau.

Joan Ramon Resina is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Stanford University. His many books include After-Images of the City (coedited with Dieter Ingenschay). Andrés Lema-Hincapié is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction
Joan Ramon Resina

1. Rehearsing for Modernity in ¡Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall!
(Luis García Berlanga, 1952)
Eva Woods Peiró

2. Existential Crossroads in Muerte de un ciclista
(Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955)
Andrés Lema-Hincapié

3. Viridiana Coca-Cola
(Luis Buñuel, 1961)
Tom Conley

4. El espíritu de la colmena: Memory, Nostalgia, Trauma
(Víctor Erice, 1973)
Chris Perriam

5. A Poetics of Splitting: Memory and Identity in La prima Angélica
(Carlos Saura, 1974)
Àngel Quintana

6. Ambiguous Disenchantment in El corazón del bosque
(Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, 1979)
Ireni Depetris Chauvin

7. Los paraísos perdidos: Cinema of Return and Repetition
(Basilio Martín Patino, 1985)
Tatjana Pavlovic´

8. (M)Othering Strategies in El pájaro de la felicidad
(Pilar Miró, 1993)
Jaume Martí-Olivella

9. Abjection, Trauma, and the Material Image: La madre muerta
(Juanma Bajo Ulloa, 1993)
Jo Labanyi

10. The Catalan Body Politic as Aired in Teta i la lluna
(Bigas Luna, 1995)
Dominic Keown

11. Genre and Screen Violence: Revisiting Tesis
(Alejandro Amenábar, 1996)
Barry Jordan

12. Conceptualizing “the Impact” in Los amantes del círculo polar
(Julio Medem, 1998)
Robert A. Davidson

13. Immortal/Undead: The Body and the Transmission of Tradition in Amic/Amat
(Ventura Pons, 1999)
Josep-Anton Fernàndez

14. Imitation of Life: Transsexuality and Transtextuality in Todo sobre mi madre
(Pedro Almodóvar, 1999)
Esteve Riambau

15. The Construction of the Cinematic Image: En construcción
(José Luis Guerín, 2000)
Joan Ramon Resina

Works Cited
List of Contributors
Index

Related Subjects

Cultural Studies
Film Studies
Hispanic Studies
Latin American Studies

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