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After General Francisco Franco died in 1975, Spanish cinema was bursting at the seams. Many film directors broke free from the ancient taboos which had reigned under Franco's dictatorship, introducing characters who transgressed the traditional borders of social, cultural, and sexual identities. The women, homosexuals, transsexuals, and delinquents who were considered lost, dissonant bodies under Franco's rule became the new protagonists of Spanish cinema."Here is a 'book of passion' on the metamorphoses of post-Francoist Spain as it catapulted into the contemporary world (1975-95). It is a book that questions the power of myths expressed through passionate bodies, in particular bodies who for too long were marginalized in traditional societies." --Michele Lagny, Universite de Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III
List of contents
New Mythological Figures in Spanish Cinema - 2 Contents - 8 Acknowledgments - 10 Preface - 14 Introduction - 18 1. From prohibition to clear exhibition: how to read into these film-images? - 26 2. The liberation of women - 66 3. The homosexual body on stage - 130 4. The delinquent's body out of focus - 200 Conclusion - 274 Notes - 284 Bibliography - 308 Photography - 322 Index of Names - 324
About the author
Dr. Pietsie Feenstra lectures at Sorbonne University, Paris III, in the department of Film studies. She is a member of the French Research group Theatres de la Memoire at Sorbonne University|Dr. Pietsie Feenstra lectures at Sorbonne University, Paris III, in the department of Film studies. For this research she was invited to lecture at several European Universities (University of Amsterdam, University of Groningen, University of Marne la Vallee Paris XII, University of Paul-Verlaine Metz). This English book is a translation and updated version of her French PhD published as; Les nouvelles figures mythiques du cinema espagnol 1975-1995. A corps perdus, Preface de Michele Lagny, Paris: Harmattan, Collection Champs Visuels, 2006. Her work on contemporary cinema is published in a Spanish edition with Hub. Hermans, Miradas sobre pasado y presente en el cine espanol 1990-2005, Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi, Ndegree 32, 2008 (Awarded with a Premio de Mejor Libro de Compilacion de la Asociacion Espanola de Historiadores de Cine). Recently she published the edition Memoire du cinema espagnol 1975-2007, Paris: Corlet/Telerama, CinemAction, Ndegree 130, 2009. She is a member of the French Research group Theatres de la Memoire at Sorbonne University.
