Matthew J. Marr

The Politics of Age and Disability in Contemporary Spanish Film (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Politics of Age and Disability in Contemporary Spanish Film examines the onscreen construction of adolescent, elderly, and disabled subjects in Spanish cinema from 1992 to the present, with detailed discussion of six contemporary films (by Salvador García Ruiz, Achero Mañas, Santiago Aguilar & Luis Guridi, Marcos Carnevale, Alejandro Amenábar, and Pedro Almodóvar) and supporting reference to the production of other prominent and emerging filmmakers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136227301
• Artikelnr.: 38243244

Autorenporträt

Matthew J. Marr is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Framing Cultural Pluralism Anew in Contemporary Spanish
Cinema Studies I. Adolescence and Alterity 1.The"Angry Girl" in Mensaka,
Páginas de una historia ("Mensaka, Pages from a Story")(Salvador García
Ruiz, 1998) 2. A Lad Indeed: Boyhood Friendship and the Politics of
Masculinity in El Bola ("Pellet")(Achero Mañas, 2000) II. Senescence and
Subjectivity 3.The Black Comedy of Aging in Justino, un asesino de la
tercera edad ("Justino, a Senior Citizen Killer")("La Cuadrilla" or
Santiago Aguilar & Luis Guridi, 1994) 4.Senescent Seduction in Elsa y Fred
("Elsa and Fred")(Marcos Carnevale, 2004) III. Discourses of Disability
5.The Unseen Inside: Mental Illness as Disability in Mar adentro ("The Sea
Inside")(Alejandro Amenábar, 2004) 6. A Pluralistic Vision: On Blindness
and the Break with Auteurist "Autocracy" in Los abrazos rotos ("Broken
Embraces")(Pedro Almodóvar, 2009)Afterword