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A collection of original essays from leading scholars in the field exploring the contemporary debates, concerns and controversies ongoing in Spanish film industry, culture and scholarship. The essays reveal the far-reaching shifts that have occurred in the Spanish film scene, making essential reading for all interested in European cinema.

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Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Study of Contemporary Spanish Cinema; A.Davies Audiences, Film Culture, Public Subsidies: The End of Spanish Cinema?; B.Jordan Al mal tiempo, buena cara : Spanish Slackers, Time-images, New Media and the New Cinema Law; R.Stone Re-visions of Teresa: Historical Fiction in Television and Film; P.J.Smith The Final Girl and Monstrous Mother of El orfanato ; A.Davies Ensnared Between Pleasure and Politics: Looking for Chicas Bigas Luna, Re-viewing Bambola ; S.Fouz-Hernández Javier Bardem: Costume, Crime, and Commitment; C.Perriam Children of Exile: Trauma, Memory and Testimony in Jaime Camino´s Documentary Los ni¤os de Rusia (2001); J.D.Gutiérrez-Albilla Notes Index

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SANTIAGO FOUZ-HERNµNDEZ Lecturer in Spanish Cinema at the University of Durham, UK JULIµN DANIEL GUTIÉRREZ-ALBILLA Lecturer in Spanish at Newcastle University, UK BARRY JORDAN Professor of European Cinema and Culture at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK CHRIS PERRIAM Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Manchester, UK PAUL JULIAN SMITH Professor of Spanish in the University of Cambridge, UK ROB STONE Professor of Film Studies at Swansea University, UK

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