Spanish Lessons - Cinema and Television in Contemporary Spain

Though unjustly neglected by English-language audiences, Spanish film and television not only represent a remarkably influential and vibrant cultural industry; they are also a fertile site of innovation in the production of "transmedia" works that bridge narrative forms. In Spanish Lessons, Paul Julian Smith provides an engaging exploration of visual culture in an era of collapsing genre boundaries, accelerating technological change, and political-economic tumult. Whether generating new insights into the work of key figures like Pedro Almodóvar, comparing media depictions of Spain's economic woes, or giving long-overdue critical attention to quality television series, Smith's book is a consistently lively and accessible cultural investigation.

About the author

Paul Julian Smith is a specialist in film and television in Spain and Mexico. He is Distinguished Professor in the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Program in the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and he was for twenty years Professor of Spanish at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of seventeen books.

Summary

Spanish Lessons provides an engaging exploration of the nation’s visual culture in an era of collapsing genre boundaries, accelerating technological change, and political-economic tumult.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Julian Smith, Smith Paul Julian
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781800734418
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-441-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Spain, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, Film and Television Studies;