While several critical works on Spanish cinema have centred on the cultural, social and industrial significance of stars, there has been relatively little critical scholarship on what stars are paid to do: act. Bringing together a range of scholars that attend carefully to the performances, acting styles, and historical influences of Spanish film, Performance and Spanish film is the first book to place the process of Spanish acting centre stage. Comprising fifteen original essays from renowned scholars of Spanish film, the book casts light on the manifold meanings, methods and...