Spanish Erotic Cinema - 9781474440967

The first comprehensive scholarly study of Spanish erotic cinema, this book covers a significant part of the history of Spanish film, from the 1920s until the present day. Starting with a study of the kiss in silent films, the volume explores homoerotic narratives in the crusade films of the1940s, the commodification of bodies in the late Franco period, and the so-called destape (literally "undressing") period that followed the abolition of censorship during the democratic transition. Reclaiming the importance of Spanish erotic cinema as a genre in itself, a range of internationalscholars demonstrate how the explicit depiction of sex can be a useful tool to illuminate current and historic social issues including ageism, colonialism, domestic violence, immigration, nationalisms, or women and LGBT rights. Covering a wide range of cinematic genres, including comedy, horror andmelodrama, this book provides an innovative and provocative overview of Spanish cinema history and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

• | Author: Santiago Fouz-Hernandez, Santiago Fouz-Hernandez
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 14, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1474440967
• | ISBN-13: 9781474440967