New Mythological Figures in Spanish Cinema : : Dissident Bodies under Franco / / Pietsie Feenstra.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Feenstra, Pietsie,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Film Culture in Transition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (332 p.) :; 10 halftones

After General Francisco Franco died in 1975, Spanish cinema was bursting at the seams. Many film directors broke free from the ancient taboos which had reigned under Franco's dictatorship, introducing characters who transgressed the traditional borders of social, cultural, and sexual identities. The women, homosexuals, transsexuals, and delinquents who were considered lost, dissonant bodies under Franco's rule became the new protagonists of Spanish cinema. "Here is a 'book of passion' on the metamorphoses of post-Francoist Spain as it catapulted into the contemporary world (1975-95). It is a book that questions the power of myths expressed through passionate bodies, in particular bodies who for too long were marginalized in traditional societies." -Michèle Lagny, Université de Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. From prohibition to clear exhibition: how to read into these film-images? -- 2. The liberation of women -- 3. The homosexual body on stage -- 4. The delinquent's body out of focus -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Photography credits -- Index