Contemporary Hispanic Cinema: Interrogating the Transnational in Spanish and Latin American Film (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781855662612)

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.

Author: Stephanie Dennison
ISBN-10: 1855662612
ISBN-13: 9781855662612
Publisher: Tamesis Books
Language: English
Published: 08/16/2013
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.90d