The first comprehensive scholarly study of Spanish erotic cinema, this book covers a significant part of the history of Spanish film, from the 1920s until the present day. Starting with a study of the kiss in silent films, the volume explores homoerotic narratives in the crusade films of the 1940s, the commodification of bodies in the late Franco period, and the so-called destape (literally 'undressing') period that followed the abolition of censorship during the democratic transition.
Reclaiming the importance of Spanish erotic cinema as a genre in itself, a range of international scholars demonstrate how the explicit depiction of sex can be a useful tool to illuminate current and historic social issues including ageism, colonialism, domestic violence, immigration, nationalisms, or women and LGBT rights. Covering a wide range of cinematic genres, including comedy, horror and melodrama, this book provides an innovative and provocative overview of Spanish cinema history and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
| ISBN: | 9781474440967 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2018 |
| Author: | Santiago FouzHernández |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism Individual film directors, film-makers Film: styles and genres Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills Films, cinema |
The first comprehensive scholarly study of Spanish erotic cinema, this book covers a significant part of the history of Spanish film, from the 1920s until the present day. Starting with a study of the kiss in silent films, the volume explores homoerotic narratives in the crusade films of the 1940s, the commodification of bodies in the late Franco period, and the so-called destape (literally 'undressing') period that followed the abolition of censorship during the democratic transition.
Reclaiming the importance of Spanish erotic cinema as a genre in itself, a range of international scholars demonstrate how the explicit depiction of sex can be a useful tool to illuminate current and historic social issues including ageism, colonialism, domestic violence, immigration, nationalisms, or women and LGBT rights. Covering a wide range of cinematic genres, including comedy, horror and melodrama, this book provides an innovative and provocative overview of Spanish cinema history and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Spanish Erotic Cinema features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism, Individual film directors, film-makers, Film: styles and genres, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills, Films, cinema
Spanish Erotic Cinema is available in Paperback, Hardback
Spanish Erotic Cinema was written by Santiago FouzHernández and published by Edinburgh University Press
Spanish Erotic Cinema has 264 pages
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