There is a lot more to Spanish Queer Cinema than Pedro Almodóvar or the gay comedies of the 1990s. A wealth of short films, documentaries and features -- many by, for, or about lesbians -- is at the core of a creative culture responding to exceptionally intense social changes. The country has moved...

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Main Author:	Perriam, Chris (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2014
Subjects:	Geschichte 1998- Homosexuality and motion pictures / Spain Gays in motion pictures Homosexuality in motion pictures Homosexualität > Motiv Film Spanien
Online Access:	DE-12 Volltext
Summary:	There is a lot more to Spanish Queer Cinema than Pedro Almodóvar or the gay comedies of the 1990s. A wealth of short films, documentaries and features -- many by, for, or about lesbians -- is at the core of a creative culture responding to exceptionally intense social changes. The country has moved from institutionalising same-sex unions at the regional civic level (from 1998) to legal recognition of same-sex marriage (in 2005). Moving images and the debates and conversations around them have made a stand against homophobia and exclusion, responded to health and welfare crises, questioned or affirmed the value of same-sex marriage, and constructed new forms of love and community. They, and their audiences, build a new Spanish queer imagination. The book opens all this up, and shows some of the wider social contexts and forms of communication which underpin it
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (vii, 192 pages)
ISBN:	9780748665877