Despotic Bodies and Transgressive Bodies

Tatjana Pavlović is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Tulane University.

"…the intellectually titillating nature of Pavlović's book … will certainly leave readers desiring to view even more despotic and transgressive bodies." — Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies"Pavlović's study of the Spanish national body politic is a truly original reading of contemporary Spanish culture and cinema. Her framing of Spanish cultural production between the body of dictator Francisco Franco, displayed as a form of public spectacle, and the disruptive cinematic bodies deployed in the career of B-film director Jesús Franco is a brilliant move that sets the stage for a profound revision of recent Spanish history." — Kathleen Vernon, University at Stony Brook, State University of New York

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. THE DESPOTIC BODY:Raza: Espíritu de Franco (1939–1952) 2. THE TRAUMATIZED BODY:Tormenta de verano (1952–1962) 3. THE AUTHORITARIAN BODY IN AGONY:El extraño viaje (1962–1975) 4. THE PERVERSE BODY:Fuego en las entrañas (1975–1985) EpilogueTRANSGRESSIVE BODIES OF THE OTHER FRANCO Notes Bibliography Index