Chris Perriam has worked as Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Manchester since 2004. He researches and teaches in the areas of Spanish Cultural Studies and Screen Studies and has a special interest in queer culture in Spain, France and Britain.

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Contents; Coming to terms; 1: Queer; Queer; reconfigurations of LGBT cultures in Spain; Short film production; ‘Nos casamos’ (We’re getting married); Queer Ethics/Positive Images; 2: Heritage; Spanish Critical Precedents: Representing Spanish Queer on Screen; Comedy; Moving Towards Visibility; Coming Out and Self-Discovery; Almodóvar; Aftershocks; Representing Older Lesbians and Gay Men;3: Icons; Actors (I): Eusebio Poncela, Victoria Abril, Jordi Mollȧ, Rosa María Sardȧ; Directors: Ventura Pons and Pedro Almodóvar; Actors (II): Newer Names; Popular Filmmakers; 4: Audiences; The Bookshop Image; The Glamorous Lesbian Image; Film, Cultural Activism, Videoart; Festivals; 5: Writers; Off-the-Shelf Middlebrow Lesbian and Gay Imaginaries; Screenwriters: Lucía Etxebarria; Elvira Lindo; Ángeles González Sinde; A-list novelists: Eduardo Mendicutti and Vicente Molina Foix; Writers’ Lives on Screen: Federico García Lorca and Jaime Gil de Biedma; Conclusion; Filmography; References; Index

Chris Perriam has worked as Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Manchester since 2004. He researches and teaches in the areas of Spanish Cultural Studies and Screen Studies and has a special interest in queer culture in Spain, France and Britain.

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Contents; Coming to terms; 1: Queer; Queer; reconfigurations of LGBT cultures in Spain; Short film production; ‘Nos casamos’ (We’re getting married); Queer Ethics/Positive Images; 2: Heritage; Spanish Critical Precedents: Representing Spanish Queer on Screen; Comedy; Moving Towards Visibility; Coming Out and Self-Discovery; Almodóvar; Aftershocks; Representing Older Lesbians and Gay Men;3: Icons; Actors (I): Eusebio Poncela, Victoria Abril, Jordi Mollȧ, Rosa María Sardȧ; Directors: Ventura Pons and Pedro Almodóvar; Actors (II): Newer Names; Popular Filmmakers; 4: Audiences; The Bookshop Image; The Glamorous Lesbian Image; Film, Cultural Activism, Videoart; Festivals; 5: Writers; Off-the-Shelf Middlebrow Lesbian and Gay Imaginaries; Screenwriters: Lucía Etxebarria; Elvira Lindo; Ángeles González Sinde; A-list novelists: Eduardo Mendicutti and Vicente Molina Foix; Writers’ Lives on Screen: Federico García Lorca and Jaime Gil de Biedma; Conclusion; Filmography; References; Index

Chris Perriam has worked as Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Manchester since 2004. He researches and teaches in the areas of Spanish Cultural Studies and Screen Studies and has a special interest in queer culture in Spain, France and Britain.

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Contents; Coming to terms; 1: Queer; Queer; reconfigurations of LGBT cultures in Spain; Short film production; ‘Nos casamos’ (We’re getting married); Queer Ethics/Positive Images; 2: Heritage; Spanish Critical Precedents: Representing Spanish Queer on Screen; Comedy; Moving Towards Visibility; Coming Out and Self-Discovery; Almodóvar; Aftershocks; Representing Older Lesbians and Gay Men;3: Icons; Actors (I): Eusebio Poncela, Victoria Abril, Jordi Mollȧ, Rosa María Sardȧ; Directors: Ventura Pons and Pedro Almodóvar; Actors (II): Newer Names; Popular Filmmakers; 4: Audiences; The Bookshop Image; The Glamorous Lesbian Image; Film, Cultural Activism, Videoart; Festivals; 5: Writers; Off-the-Shelf Middlebrow Lesbian and Gay Imaginaries; Screenwriters: Lucía Etxebarria; Elvira Lindo; Ángeles González Sinde; A-list novelists: Eduardo Mendicutti and Vicente Molina Foix; Writers’ Lives on Screen: Federico García Lorca and Jaime Gil de Biedma; Conclusion; Filmography; References; Index