A Companion to Spanish Cinema - 1st Edition (2012) (Pdf, Epub & Mobi) Gooner

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (December 26, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1405194383 ISBN-13: 978-1405194389

A Companion to Spanish Cinema is a bold collection of newly commissioned essays written by top international scholars that thoroughly interrogates Spanish cinema from a variety of thematic, theoretical and historic perspectives.

Presents an insightful and provocative collection of newly commissioned essays and original research by top international scholars from a variety of theoretical, disciplinary and geographical perspectives.

Offers a systematic historical, thematic, and theoretical approach to Spanish cinema, unique in the field.

Combines a thorough and insightful study of a wide spectrum of topics and issues with in-depth textual analysis of specific films.

Explores Spanish cinema’s cultural, artistic, industrial, theoretical and commercial contexts pre- and post-1975 and the notion of a “national” cinema.

Canonical directors and stars are examined alongside understudied directors, screenwriters, editors, and secondary actors.

Presents original research on image and sound; genre; non-fiction film; institutions, audiences and industry; and relations to other media, as well as a theoretically-driven section designed to stimulate innovative research