Queering Bunuel: Sexual Dissidence and Psychoanalysis in His Mexican and Spanish Cinema (International Library of Cultural Studies)

“”This book is superbly written, at the highest level of intellectual argument, and with a most impressively broad range of theoretical frames of reference, which are always explained well and integrated into the discussion. There are few scholars who can handle difficult theorists like Lacan and Zizek (diacritics) with ease and clarity, and Dr Gutierrez is one of them….In addition to being the most theoretically brilliant study of Bunuel’s work to date (and a lot has been written on his films), this book also stands out as an original contribution to scholarship on account of its interweaving into its argument of reference to the work of contemproary visual arts….It should be on the reading list of every student of Bunuel (whether in Departments of Cinema or Spanish), and has the potential to establish itself as a classic of queer cultural criticism.”” — Professor Jo Labanyi, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures, New York University

“”Buñuel’s films have received long and sustained critical attention from a wide variety of perspectives over the years but never, to my knowledge, have they been subjected to the sort of theoretical analysis successfully applied here….Concentrating on a reduced number of films also provides the opportunity for detailed analysis, and Gutiérrez-Albilla opens up these films in fascinating ways, sometimes brilliantly.””—Peter Evans, Professor of Film Studies and Head of the School of Modern Languages, Queen Mary, University of London