New Mythological Figures in Spanish Cinema

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New Mythological Figures in Spanish Cinema is written by Pietsie Feenstra and published by Amsterdam University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9089643044 (ISBN 10) and 9789089643049 (ISBN 13).

In the 1970s, especially after Franco's death in 1975, Spanish cinema was bursting at the seams. Numerous film directors broke free from the ancient taboos which had reigned under the dictatorship. They introduced characters who, through their bodies, transgress the traditional borders of social, cultural and sexual identities. Post- Franco cinema exhibits women, homosexuals, transsexuals, and delinquents in new and challenging ways.Under Franco rule, all of these dissident bodies were 'lost'. Here, they reflect new mythological figures, inhabiting an idealised body form (a prototypical body).