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Spanish Screen Fiction
Paul J. Smith
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Description for Spanish Screen Fiction
Paperback. Argues that cinema and television in Spain only makes sense when considered together as twin vehicles for screen fiction. This book examines the textual evidence for crossover between cinema and television at the level of narrative and form. It is suitable for both Hispanic and media studies. Series: Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APF; APT; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
This pioneering book is the first to argue that cinema and television in Spain only make sense when considered together as twin vehicles for screen fiction. The Spanish audiovisual sector is now one of the most successful in the world, with feature films achieving wider distribution in foreign markets than nations with better known cinematic traditions and newly innovative TV formats, already dominant at home, now widely exported. Beyond the industrial context, which has seen close convergence of the two media, this book also examines the textual evidence for crossover between cinema and television at the level of narrative and ... Read more
This pioneering book is the first to argue that cinema and television in Spain only make sense when considered together as twin vehicles for screen fiction. The Spanish audiovisual sector is now one of the most successful in the world, with feature films achieving wider distribution in foreign markets than nations with better known cinematic traditions and newly innovative TV formats, already dominant at home, now widely exported. Beyond the industrial context, which has seen close convergence of the two media, this book also examines the textual evidence for crossover between cinema and television at the level of narrative and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846312021
SKU
V9781846312021
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About Paul J. Smith
Paul Julian Smith FBA is Distinguished Professor in the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Program at the Graduate Center in City University of New York, and was formerly Professor of Spanish at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Spanish Screen Fiction: Between Cinema and Television (LUP, 2009) among many other books.
Reviews for Spanish Screen Fiction
Smith is a passionate critic, an original and thorough cultural historian and a completely engaging writer (qualities that don’t often come together). Readers of all stripes will come away richly rewarded by this book. Kathleen Vernon