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Contemporary Hispanic Cinema: Interrogating the Transnational in Spanish and Latin American Film
Author(s): Stephanie Dennison
- Publisher: Tamesis Books
- Publication Date: 16 Aug. 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 262 pages
- ISBN-10: 1855662612
- ISBN-13: 9781855662612
Book Description
This book focuses on the cross-currents and points of contact in film production among so-called Hispanic countries (Spain, Portugal and Latin America), and in particular the impact that co-production and supranational funding initiatives are having on both the film industries and the films of Latin America in the twenty-first century. Together with chapters that discuss and further develop transnational approaches to reading films in the Hispanic and Latin American context, the volume includes chapters that focus on funding initiatives, such as IBERMEDIA, that are aimed at Spain, Portugal and Latin America. An analysis of such initiatives facilitates a nuanced discussion of the range of meanings afforded to the term transnationalism: from the workings of those driven by economic imperatives, such as co-productions and 'Hispanic' film festivals, to the cultural, for example the invention of a marketable 'Latinamericaness' in Spain, or a 'Hispanic aesthetic' elsewhere.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This volume offers an insightful synthesis of the cross currents and co-operation in film production between Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula..a useful book for university students, especially at honours level, and for some academics working in this area. I would expect it to fall into the category of recommended reading, particularly for courses dealing with Hispanic and Latin-American cinema in both departments of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature. ― BULLETIN OF SPANISH VISUAL STUDIES
About the Author
STEPHANIE DENNISON is Professor of Brazilian Studies and Director of the Centre for World Cinema and Digital Cultures at the University of Leeds, UK.
