Aesthetics, Ethics and Trauma in the Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar

by Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla

Book Overview

One of Spain's most celebrated directors, Pedro Almod var has won international recognition for his dark comedy-dramas like Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother and Volver. Reconceptualising Almod var's films as theoretical and political resources, this innovative book examines a neglected aspect of his cinema: its engagement with the traumatic past, with subjective and collective memory, and with the ethical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474431674
• ISBN13: 9781474431675
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"