Companion to Spanish Cinema

Jo Labanyi is Professor of Spanish at New York University, where she directs the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. A founding editor of the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, she edits the series Remapping Cultural History. Her most recent books are Spanish Literature: A Very Short Introduction (2010) and the coedited volume Europe and Love in Cinema (2012). She is a participant in the research project Los medios audiovisuales en la transición española (1975–1985): Las imágenes del cambio democrático, directed by Manuel Palacio at the Universidad Carlos III, Madrid. Her research interests include modern Spanish literature, film, photography, popular culture, gender, and memory studies. She was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2005.Tatjana Pavlovi? is Professor of Spanish at Tulane University in New Orleans. She is author of the monograph Despotic Bodies and Transgressive Bodies: Spanish Culture from Francisco Franco to Jesús Franco (2003) and coauthor of the comprehensive survey 100 Years of Spanish Cinema (2009). Her recent monograph The Mobile Nation (1954–1964): España cambia de piel (2011) focuses on a crucial period of transition in the history of Spanish mass culture, examining the publishing industry, the expansion of the television network, popular cinema, the development of mass tourism, and the national automobile manufacturing industry.  Her research and teaching interests center on twentieth-century Spanish intellectual history, literature, cultural studies, and film theory.

"The serial context that frames the publication of A Companion to Spanish Cinema should not detract from its status as a true event in the field of Spanish cinema studies in the English language. This volume, expertly compiled by Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlovic, reads as a 'who's who' in the field of Spanish film studies; more to the point, it provides a reliable guide to key critical topics in the history of Spanish cinema - from its beginnings to the contemporary moment - and an authoritative intervention from multiple perspectives." (Screen, Spring 2014) "Well-illustrated and with excellent notes and suggestions for further reading, as well as a useful index, this volume will appeal to a wide audience and sets a high standard for other volumes in the series."(Reference Reviews, 1 September 2013)"Many of the individual chapters draw on a chronological approach, but this clearly organized history is unique for its thematic structure. Topics slighted in conventional histories receive their due here ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 September 2013)

• Acknowledgments viii List of Figures ixList of Contributors xviii1 Introduction 1Jo Labanyi and Tatjana PavloviæPart I Reframing the National 132 Transnational Frameworks 15Gerard Dapena, Marvin D’Lugo, and Alberto Elena3 Echoes and Traces: Catalan Cinema, or Cinema in Catalonia 50Brad Epps4 Negotiating the Local and the Global: Andalusia, the Basque Country, and Galicia 81José Colmeiro and Joseba GabilondoPart II The Construction of the Auteur 1115 Auteurism and the Construction of the Canon 113Marvin D’Lugo and Paul Julian Smith6 Strategic Auteurism 152Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, Steven Marsh, Susan Martin-Márquez, and Santos ZunzuneguiPart III Genre 1917 Comedy and Musicals 193Steven Marsh, Chris Perriam, Eva Woods Peiró, and Santos Zunzunegui8 Melodrama and Historical Film 224Jo Labanyi, Annabel Martín, and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega9 Film Noir , the Thriller, and Horror 259Jo Labanyi, Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, and Vicente Rodríguez OrtegaPart IV Stars as Cultural Icons 29110 The Construction of the Star System 293Kathleen M. Vernon and Eva Woods Peiró11 Stars, Modernity, and Celebrity Culture 319Tatjana Pavloviæ, Chris Perriam, and Nuria Triana ToribioPart V Image and Sound 34312 Photography, Production Design, and Editing 345Vicente Sánchez-Biosca13 Soundtrack 370Román Gubern and Kathleen M. VernonPart VI The Film Apparatus: Production, Infrastructure, and Audiences 38914 Censorship, Film Studios, and Production Companies 391Josetxo Cerdán, Román Gubern, Jo Labanyi, Steven Marsh, Tatjana Pavloviæ, and Nuria Triana Toribio15 Film Clubs, Festivals, Archives, and Magazines 434Ferran Alberich, Román Gubern, and Vicente Sánchez-Biosca16 Audiences 464Manuel Palacio and Kathleen M. VernonPart VII Relations with Other Media 48717 Cinema, Popular Entertainment, Literature, and Television 489Sally Faulkner, Vicente Sánchez-Biosca, and Paul Julian SmithPart VIII Beyond the Fiction Film 51918 Newsreels, Documentary, Experimental Film, Shorts, and Animation 521Josetxo Cerdán and Vicente Sánchez-BioscaPart IX Reading Films through Theory 54319 Isabel Coixet ’ s Engagement with Feminist Film Theory: From G (the Gaze) to H (the Haptic) 545Susan Martin-Márquez20 Becoming a Queer (M)Other in/and/through Film: Transsexuality, Trans-subjectivity, and Maternal Relationality in Almodóvar ’ s Todo sobre mi madre 563Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla21 The Space of the Vampire: Materiality and Disappearance in the Films of Iván Zulueta 581Brad EppsIndex 597