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Author Feenstra, Pietsie.

Title New mythological figures in Spanish cinema 1975-1996 : dissident bodies under Franco / Pietsie Feenstra
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations
Series Film culture in transition
Film culture in transition.
Contents From prohibition to clear exhibition: how to read into these film-images? -- The liberation of women -- The homosexual body on stage -- The delinquent's body out of focus
Summary In the 1970s, especially after Franco's death in 1975, Spanish cinema was bursting at the seams. Numerous film directors broke free from the ancient taboos which had reigned under the dictatorship. They introduced characters who, through their bodies, transgress the traditional borders of social, cultural and sexual identities. Post- Franco cinema exhibits women, homosexuals, transsexuals, and delinquents in new and challenging ways. Under Franco rule, all of these dissident bodies were 'lost'. Here, they reflect new mythological figures, inhabiting an idealised body form (a prototypical body)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-320) and index
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Subject Motion pictures, Spanish -- History
Women in motion pictures.
Homosexuality in motion pictures.
ART -- Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
Homosexuality in motion pictures
Motion pictures, Spanish
Women in motion pictures
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048514038
9048514037