The making and unmaking of Francoist kitsch cinema : from Raza to Pan's Labyrinth /

The making and unmaking of Francoist kitsch cinema : from Raza to Pan's Labyrinth /

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Author / Creator:	Yarza, Alejandro, 1958- author.
Imprint:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018] ©2018
Description:	xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Motion pictures -- Spain. Kitsch. Motion pictures. Spain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11428530

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ISBN:	0748699244 9780748699247
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305), filmography (pages 305-310), and index.
Summary:	In fascist Spain, Francoism - like German and Italian fascism - produced its own particular brand of kitsch. Deploying religious and historical iconography drawn from Spain's centuries-long struggle against Islam, Francoist ideologues created a kitsch interpretation of Spain's historical past designed to replace more complex and nuanced accounts, where religious and historical iconography combined with kitsch aesthetics to project a picturesque, cliched image of Spain. The ultimate goal of this vast production of Francoist kitsch was to produce a submissive subject who, by identifying with Francoist aesthetics, would identify with state ideology. This book engages with the making and unmaking of Francoist kitsch aesthetics through the analysis of Spanish cinema. It examines five highly influential Francoist films produced from 1938 until 1964 and three later films by critically acclaimed directors Luis Bunuel, Guillermo del Toro, and Alex de la Iglesia that attempt to undermine Francoist aesthetics by re-imagining its visual and narrative cliches.

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Call Number:	PN1993.5.S7 Y37 2018
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