Andrés Zamora (Vanderbilt University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (United States))
In the last quarter of the twentieth century a considerable number of Spanish films were involved in the task of essaying the nation, that is, of attempting to make it or make it over, of trying to reshape a national identity inexorably dictated by General Francisco Franco up to his death. The book explores four major issues in this regard: 1) the filmic negotiations of the borders of the nation, focusing particularly on the debated and controversial development of Basque cinema vis-a-vis the films produced in the rest of Spain; 2) the persistence of the old obsession with violence, thought...
In the last quarter of the twentieth century a considerable number of Spanish films were involved in the task of essaying the nation, that is, of atte...
Andrés Zamora (Vanderbilt University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (United States))
In the last quarter of the twentieth century a considerable number of Spanish films were involved in the task of essaying the nation, that is, of attempting to make it or make it over, of trying to reshape a national identity inexorably dictated by General Francisco Franco up to his death. The book explores four major issues in this regard: 1) the filmic negotiations of the borders of the nation, focusing particularly on the debated and controversial development of Basque cinema vis-à-vis the films produced in the rest of Spain; 2) the persistence of the old obsession with violence, thought...
In the last quarter of the twentieth century a considerable number of Spanish films were involved in the task of essaying the nation, that is, of atte...
