Format:
XIV, 239 S. :
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0-19-811953-4
,
0-19-812275-6
Content:
This is the first full-length study of homosexuality in contemporary Spanish writing and film. Prof. Smith charts the varying representations of the feminist or gay "self" in autobiographical texts by Chacel, Goytisolo, and Terenci Moix; goes on to offer radically new readings of trilogies by Goytisolo and Tusquets, the major novelists of homosexual desire in Spain, in the light of French theorists Hocquenghem and Wittig; and finally, offers a broadly historical account of Eloy de la Iglesia and Pedro Almodóvar, the two major gay auteurs of post-Franco film. Particular attention is paid to their use of cinematic form, and the book ends with an analysis of Almodóvar's ¡Átame! (Tie me up! Tie me down!)--a film which exemplifies the main argument of the book: that homosexuality is no unitary phenomenon, but rather a historical and libidinal construct inevitably inflected by gender, class, and regional identity.--From publisher description.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Spanisch
;
Literatur
;
Homosexualität
;
Film
;
Homosexualität
URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=004601699&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Author information:
Smith, Paul Julian 1956-