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OverviewA camp lipsynched routine by three air stewards distracts unsuspecting passengers from the fact that their plane is to make a crash landing. Performance functions as a diversion from unsavoury realities. In this way, Pedro Almodóvar's 2013 film I'm So Excited adopts a strategy of subversive anti-establishment censor-evading filmmaking practices under Franco. Contemporary cinematic performance in Spain intersects with politics to provide a platform for views and voices that do not conform to the dominant political narrative. An essential text for scholars, students and aficionados of Spanish cinema, Subversive Spanish Cinema: The Politics of Performance is the first single-authored monograph to focus on performance in this context. The book analyses interactions between performance and politics in technical and conceptual terms considering, for example, performance styles, the narrative role of performance and political interventions by actors such as Javier Bardem and Juan Diego Botto. Ultimately, Subversive Spanish Cinema: The Politics of Performance posits performance, within the specific context of contemporary Spanish cinema, as a politically-potent device and proposes that it is precisely for this reason that the arts have borne the brunt of aggressive austerity measures enforced by Spain's conservative government in recent years. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Fiona NoblePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.516kg ISBN: 9781788310093ISBN 10: 1788310098 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 20 August 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One – Performing Pastness Chapter Two – Performing Identities Chapter Three – Metaperformances Chapter Four – Performance as Catharsis and Therapy Epilogue References NotesReviewsTaking into account the tensions between craft and public persona and adopting what she calls a holistic view of performance , Noble's carefully researched, lucid, and significant book examines contemporary Spanish film in the light of the ever-shifting political context. Author InformationFiona Noble is a researcher of contemporary Spanish cinema and visual culture. She has a PhD from the University of Aberdeen and has worked as a Teaching Fellow at Durham University and the University of Aberdeen. She has published on intercultural lesbian relationships in contemporary Spanish cinema, on the child in Spanish cinema and on corporeal representations in the work of Salvador Dalí. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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