The Making and Unmaking of Francoist Kitsch Cinema : : From Raza to Pan's Labyrinth / / Alejandro Yarza.

Examines Francoist and Post-Francoist Spanish cinema through the lens of kitsch aestheticsIn fascist Spain, Francoism – like German and Italian fascism – produced its own particular brand of kitsch. Deploying religious and historical iconography drawn from Spain’s centuries-long struggle against Isl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2017
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 40 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 The Petrified Tears of General Franco: Kitsch and Fascism in José Luis Sáenz de Heredia’s Raza
  • CHAPTER 2 Romancero Marroquí and the Francoist Kitsch Politics of Time
  • CHAPTER 3 Los últimos de Filipinas: The Spatio-temporal Coordinates of Francoism
  • CHAPTER 4 Surcos: Neorealism, Film Noir, and the Puppet Master
  • CHAPTER 5 Franco, ese hombre: From Kitsch-Artist to Kitsch-Man
  • CHAPTER 6 Viridiana: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
  • CHAPTER 7 Balada triste de trompeta: Of Ghosts and Clowns
  • CHAPTER 8 Under the Sign of Saturn: The Labyrinth of Moral Choices in Francoist Spain
  • Works Cited
  • Index