{"product_id":"a-companion-to-pedro-almodovar-hardback-9781405195829","title":"A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar (Hardback) 9781405195829","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Pedro Almodóvar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Marvin D'Lugo and Kathleen M. Vernon give us the ideal companion to Pedro Almodovar's films. Established and emerging writers offer a rainbow of insights for fans as well as academics.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerry W. Carlson, Professor of Film Studies, The City College \u0026amp; Graduate Center CUNY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Rarely has a contemporary film artist been treated to the kind of broad, rich discussion of their work that can be found in \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Pedro Almodóvar\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Peña, Professor of Film Studies, Columbia University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarvin D'Lugo (Edited by), M D′Lugo (Author), Kathleen M. Vernon (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405195829, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 April 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e584 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18 x 2.9 cm, 1.188 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Well researched and clearly organized, the volume boasts a helpful scholarly apparatus.  Almodovar scholars will want to keep this companion handy, and all advanced students of film will appreciate it.  Summing Up: Recommended.  Graduate students, researchers, faculty.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Companion to Pedro Almodóvar\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Marvin D’Lugo and Kathleen M. Vernon give us the ideal companion to Pedro Almodóvar’s films. Established and emerging writers offer a rainbow of insights for fans as well as academics.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry W. Carlson, Professor of Film Studies, The City College \u0026amp; Graduate Center CUNY \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Rarely has a contemporary film artist been treated to the kind of broad, rich discussion of their work that can be found in A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Peña, Professor of Film Studies, Columbia University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce the enfant terrible of Spain’s youth culture explosion, the \u003ci\u003eMovida\u003c\/i\u003e, Pedro Almodóvar’s distinctive film style and career longevity have made him one of the most successful and internationally known filmmakers of his generation. Offering a state-of-the-art appraisal of Almodóvar’s cinema, this original collection is a searching analysis of his technique and cultural significance that includes work by leading authorities on Almodóvar as well as talented young scholars. Crucially included here are contributions by film historians from Almodóvar’s native Spain, where he has been undervalued by the academic and critical establishment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a balance between textual and contextual approaches, the book expands the scope of previous work on the director to explore his fruitful collaborations with fellow professionals in the areas of art design, fashion, and music as well as the growing reach of a global Almodóvar brand beyond Europe and the United States to Latin America and Asia. It also proposes a reevaluation of the political meanings and engagement of his cinema from the perspective of the profound cultural and historical upheavals that have transformed Spain since the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Skin He Lives In 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarvin D’Lugo and Kathleen M. Vernon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Bio-Filmography 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Almodóvar’s Self-Fashioning: The Economics and Aesthetics of Deconstructive Autobiography 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Julian Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Creative Beginnings in Almodóvar’s Work 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancisco A. Zurian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Almodóvar and Hitchcock: A Sorcerer’s Apprenticeship 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDona Kercher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Life, Imagined and Otherwise: The Limits and Uses of Autobiography in Almodóvar’s Films 88\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlberto Mira\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Spanish Contexts 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 El Deseo’s “Itinerary”: Almodóvar and the Spanish Film Industry 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarina Díaz López\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Almodóvar and Spanish Patterns of Film Reception 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosetxo Cerdán and Miguel Fernández Labayen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Memory, Politics, and the Post-Transition in Almodóvar’s Cinema 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJuan Carlos Ibáñez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Ethics of Oblivion: Personal, National, and Cultural Memories in the Films of Pedro Almodóvar 176\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdrián Pérez Melgosa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III At the Limits of Gender 201\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Our Rapists, Ourselves: Women and the Staging of Rape in the Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeora Lev\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Paternity and Pathogens: Mourning Men and the Crises of Masculinity in Todo Sobre Mi Madre and Hable Con Ella 225\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDean Allbritton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Domesticating Violence in the Films of Pedro Almodóvar 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNoelia Saenz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 La piel que habito: A Story of Imposed Gender and the Struggle for Identity 262\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancisco A. Zurian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Re-readings 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Re-envoicements and Reverberations in Almodóvar’s Macro-Melodrama 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarsha Kinder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Flower of His Secret: Carne trémula and the Mise en Scène of Desire 304\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCelestino Deleyto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Scratching the Past on the Surface of the Skin: Embodied Intersubjectivity, Prosthetic Memory, and Witnessing in Almodóvar’s La mala educación 322\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Almodóvar’s Stolen Images 345\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJavier Herrera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Global Almodóvar 365\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: From Madrid (1988) to New York (2010) 367\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIsolina Ballesteros\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Almodóvar’s Global Musical Marketplace 387\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathleen M. Vernon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Almodóvar and Latin America: The Making of a Transnational Aesthetic in Volver 412\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarvin D’Lugo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Is there a French Almodóvar? 432\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean-Claude Seguin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Almodóvar in Asia: Hong Kong, Taiwan, and LGBT Film Culture 453\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eE. K. Tan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Art and Commerce 469\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 To the Health of the Author: Art Direction in Los abrazos rotos 471\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn D. 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