<p>Acknowledgments viii</p> <p>List of Figures ix</p> <p>List of Contributors xviii</p> <p>1 Introduction 1<br /> <i>Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlović</i></p> <p><b>Part I Reframing the National 13</b></p> <p>2 Transnational Frameworks 15<br /> <i>Gerard Dapena, Marvin D’Lugo, and Alberto Elena</i></p> <p>3 Echoes and Traces: Catalan Cinema, or Cinema in Catalonia 50<br /> <i>Brad Epps</i></p> <p>4 Negotiating the Local and the Global: Andalusia, the Basque Country, and Galicia 81<br /> <i>José Colmeiro and Joseba Gabilondo</i></p> <p><b>Part II The Construction of the Auteur 111</b></p> <p>5 Auteurism and the Construction of the Canon 113<br /> <i>Marvin D’Lugo and Paul Julian Smith</i></p> <p>6 Strategic Auteurism 152<br /> <i>Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, Steven Marsh, Susan Martin-Márquez, and Santos Zunzunegui</i></p> <p><b>Part III Genre 191</b></p> <p>7 Comedy and Musicals 193<br /> <i>Steven Marsh, Chris Perriam, Eva Woods Peiró, and Santos Zunzunegui</i></p> <p>8 Melodrama and Historical Film 224<br /> <i>Jo Labanyi, Annabel Martín, and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega</i></p> <p>9 Film Noir, the Thriller, and Horror 259<br /> <i>Jo Labanyi, Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Stars as Cultural Icons 291</b></p> <p>10 The Construction of the Star System 293<br /> <i>Kathleen M. Vernon and Eva Woods Peiró</i></p> <p>11 Stars, Modernity, and Celebrity Culture 319<b><br /> </b><i>Tatjana Pavlović, Chris Perriam, and Nuria Triana Toribio</i></p> <p><b>Part V Image and Sound 343</b></p> <p>12 Photography, Production Design, and Editing 345<br /> <i>Vicente Sánchez-Biosca</i></p> <p>13 Soundtrack 370<b><br /> </b><i>Román Gubern and Kathleen M. Vernon</i></p> <p><b>Part VI The Film Apparatus: Production, Infrastructure, and Audiences 389</b></p> <p>14 Censorship, Film Studios, and Production Companies 391<br /> <i>Josetxo Cerdán, Román Gubern, Jo Labanyi, Steven Marsh, Tatjana Pavlović, and Nuria Triana Toribio</i></p> <p>15 Film Clubs, Festivals, Archives, and Magazines 434<br /> <i>Ferran Alberich, Román Gubern, and Vicente Sánchez-Biosca</i></p> <p>16 Audiences 464<b><br /> </b><i>Manuel Palacio and Kathleen M. Vernon</i></p> <p><b>Part VII Relations with Other Media 487</b></p> <p><b>17 Cinema, Popular Entertainment, Literature, and Television 489<br /> </b><i>Sally Faulkner, Vicente Sánchez-Biosca, and Paul Julian Smith</i></p> <p><b>Part VIII Beyond the Fiction Film 519</b></p> <p>18 Newsreels, Documentary, Experimental Film, Shorts, and Animation 521<b><br /> </b><i>Josetxo Cerdán and Vicente Sánchez-Biosca</i></p> <p><b>Part IX Reading Films through Theory 543</b></p> <p>19 Isabel Coixet’s Engagement with Feminist Film Theory: From G (the Gaze) to H (the Haptic) 545<br /> <i>Susan Martin-Márquez</i></p> <p>20 Becoming a Queer (M)Other in/and/through Film: Transsexuality, Trans-subjectivity, and Maternal Relationality in Almodóvar’s Todo sobre mi madre 563<br /> <i>Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla</i></p> <p>21 The Space of the Vampire: Materiality and Disappearance in the Films of Iván Zulueta 581<b><br /> </b><i>Brad Epps</i></p> <p>Index 597</p>