The Spanish Quinqui Film - Delinquency, Sound, Sensation

Informationen zum Autor Tom Whittaker is a Reader in Film and Spanish Cultural Studies at the University of Warwick Klappentext This is first English-language study of cine quinqui, a cycle of Spanish delinquent-themed films made in the 1970s and 1980s. Exploring how the films reflected the auditory experience of marginal youth cultures during this period, the book casts new light on the criminological, economic and political fault lines of Spain's transition to democracy. Zusammenfassung This is first English-language study of cine quinqui, a cycle of Spanish delinquent-themed films made in the 1970s and 1980s. Exploring how the films reflected the auditory experience of marginal youth cultures during this period, the book casts new light on the criminological, economic and political fault lines of Spain’s transition to democracy. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 Unruly speed and sensation in the Perros callejeros cycle2 Soundscapes of anxiety: civil insecurity, democracy and the home3 Sound and skin in the quinqui films of Eloy de la Iglesia 4 Listening to the delinquent voice 5 The place of the rumba in cine quinqui ConclusionIndex

Product details

• Authors: Tom Whittaker
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781526131775
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3177-5
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 225 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on demand; Manchester University Press; Spanish and Latin-American Fil
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre