{"product_id":"volatile-whiteness-race-cinema-and-europeanization-in-spain-hardback-9781487539238","title":"Volatile Whiteness; Race, Cinema, and Europeanization in Spain (Hardback) 9781487539238","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVolatile Whiteness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRace, Cinema, and Europeanization in Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartin Repinecz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487539238\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e294 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe decades spanning from the 1960s to the 1980s in Spain were marked by a series of significant changes: a flourishing economy fuelled by tourism, widespread migration from rural areas to cities, the dissolution of the African empire, evolving gender and sexual norms, and a political transition from dictatorship to democracy. \u003cem\u003eVolatile Whiteness\u003c\/em\u003e argues that throughout this period, popular film genres such as comedies, crime thrillers, musicals, and religious cinema aimed to erode the racialized image of Spain as an \"Africa of Europe\" and establish the nation's belonging in global whiteness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book explores how popular films shaped the attitudes of Spanish audiences towards racialized groups even before the onset of mass immigration in the 1990s and traces the construction of the Roma community as an internal threat to the nation's upward mobility during late Francoism and the subsequent Transition. The book examines films that have retained popularity among contemporary Spanish audiences due to their continued circulation on television and other platforms. In doing so, \u003cem\u003eVolatile Whiteness\u003c\/em\u003e reflects not only on the meanings that popular films of the past may have had for their original audiences, but also on the ways they may shape the lived experiences of racial minorities in Spain today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Wages of Whiteness in Late Francoist Comedies\u003cbr\u003e2. Imperial Death: White Femininity and the Missionary Imaginary\u003cbr\u003e3. From Andalusian Gypsies to Urban \u003cem\u003eQuinquis\u003c\/em\u003e: Roma Identities in Popular Cinema\u003cbr\u003e4. Whiteness Under Siege: the Legacies of Francoist Comedy in Democratic Spain\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eFilm and Television References\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595785564440,"sku":"9781487539238","price":41.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/volatile-whiteness-race-cinema-and-europeanization-in-spain-hardback-9781487539238","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}