From the origins of the New Spanish Cinema in the 1950s to the end of the last century, Burning Darkness features essays on a selection of essential films by Spain’s most important directors, including Pedro Almodóvar, Luis Buñuel, Víctor Erice, Ventura Pons, and others. Contributors focus on current theoretical debates and issues of representation, politics, cultural identity, and aesthetics. Rather than historically surveying Spanish films, the book encourages a deep reading of these essential works and the ways they cast light on specific aspects of Spanish society and its recent history. Accessibly written, it will appeal not only to students and scholars but also to anyone interested in Spanish cinema.
Spis treści
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Joan Ramon Resina
1. Rehearsing for Modernity in ¡Bienvenido, Mr. Marshall!
(Luis García Berlanga, 1952)
Eva Woods Peiró
2. Existential Crossroads in Muerte de un ciclista
(Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955)
Andrés Lema-Hincapié
3. Viridiana Coca-Cola
(Luis Buñuel, 1961)
Tom Conley
4. El espíritu de la colmena: Memory, Nostalgia, Trauma
(Víctor Erice, 1973)
Chris Perriam
5. A Poetics of Splitting: Memory and Identity in La prima Angélica
(Carlos Saura, 1974)
Àngel Quintana
6. Ambiguous Disenchantment in El corazón del bosque
(Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón , 1979)
Ireni Depetris Chauvin
7. Los paraísos perdidos: Cinema of Return and Repetition
(Basilio Martín Patino, 1985)
Tatjana Pavlovic´
8. (M)Othering Strategies in El pájaro de la felicidad
(Pilar Miró, 1993)
Jaume Martí-Olivella
9. Abjection, Trauma, and the Material Image: La madre muerta
(Juanma Bajo Ulloa, 1993)
Jo Labanyi
10. The Catalan Body Politic as Aired in Teta i la lluna
(Bigas Luna, 1995)
Dominic Keown
11. Genre and Screen Violence: Revisiting Tesis
(Alejandro Amenábar, 1996)
Barry Jordan
12. Conceptualizing “the Impact” in Los amantes del círculo polar
(Julio Medem, 1998)
Robert A. Davidson
13. Immortal/Undead: The Body and the Transmission of Tradition in Amic/Amat
(Ventura Pons, 1999)
Josep-Anton Fernàndez
14. Imitation of Life: Transsexuality and Transtextuality in Todo sobre mi madre
(Pedro Almodóvar, 1999)
Esteve Riambau
15. The Construction of the Cinematic Image: En construcción
(José Luis Guerín, 2000)
Joan Ramon Resina
Works Cited
List of Contributors
Index
O autorze
Joan Ramon Resina is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Stanford University. His many books include
After-Images of the City (coedited with Dieter Ingenschay).
Andrés Lema-Hincapié is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Colorado at Denver.
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