Performance and Spanish Film

Tom Whittaker is Senior Lecturer in Film and Spanish Studies at the University of LiverpoolDean Allbritton is Assistant Professor in Spanish at Colby CollegeAlejandro Melero is Lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Carlos III University, Madrid

• Introduction: approaching performance in Spanish film - Dean Allbritton, Alejandro Melero, Tom Whittaker1. Acting for the camera in Spanish film magazines of the 1920s and 1930s - Eva Woods Peiró2. Performance and gesture as crisis in La aldea maldita/The Cursed Village (Florián Rey, 1930) - Sarah Wright3. Exaggeration and nation: the politics of performance in the Spanish sophisticated comedy of the 1940s - Stuart Green4. The voice of comedy: Gracita Morales - Kathleen M. Vernon5. The sounds of José Luis López Vázquez: vocal performance, gesture and technology in Spanish film - Tom Whittaker6. The influence of Argentinian acting schools in Spain from the 1980s - Carmen Ciller7. Askance, athwart, aside: the queer plays of actors, auteurs and machines - Brad Epps8. The future of nostalgia: revindicating Spanish actors and acting in and through Cine de barrio - Duncan Wheeler9. Performing the nation: mannerism and mourning in Spanish heritage cinema - Sally Faulkner10. Performing sex in Spanish erotic films of the 1980s - Alejandro Melero11. Becoming Mario: performance and persona adaptation in Mario Casas's career - Alberto Mira12. Performing fatness: oversized male bodies in recent Spanish cinema - Santiago Fouz-Hernández13. Disabling Bardem's body: the performance of disability and illness - Dean Allbritton14. Body doubles: the performance of Basqueness by Carmelo Gómez and Silvia Munt - Rob Stone15. Los amantes pasajeros/I'm So Excited! (2013): 'performing' la crisis - Maria M. DelgadoIndex

'For enthusiasts of Spanish cinema and anyone bewitched by screen acting, this is a dream book. The editors bring together some of the most exciting and imaginative experts on Spanish Cinema writing in English today, as well as presenting a substantial and brilliant introduction to the topic. The range of the chapters is spectacular and the perspectives compelling.'Chris Perriam, Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Manchester‘Performance and Spanish film is an excellent collection of essays on a subject too rarely explored. From sophisticated comedy to pornography and from Basqueness to fatness, this book offers a fascinating account of the vital contribution of acting to Spanish cinema from the 1920 to the present day.’Paul Julian Smith, Distinguished Professor in the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Program at The City University of New York‘Performance and Spanish film is the first scholarly book that gives screen acting in Spain the attention it has long deserved. This superbly edited volume is essential reading for scholars and students of Spanish film alike.’Tatjana Pavlovic, Professor of Spanish at Tulane University, New Orleans‘…the book is a remarkable contribution that contextualizes many questions about performance in Spanish cinema presenting them attractively to international audiences. Of interest to both academics and students, it deserves the attention of film scholars and historians working in Spanish studies or looking for comparative references, as the rich film history of Spain has much to offer.’Panagiotis Zestanakis, University of Crete, Historical Journal of Film Radio of Television