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Spanish People on the Silver Screen: Nation and Region in the Cinema of the Second Republic
Marta García Carriónsubject
imaginarios regionalesHistoryFilm analysisMass culturehistoria y cinebusiness.industrycine españolSocial impactSocial SciencesRepresentation (politics)NationalismHMovie theaternacionalismo españolSpanish nationalism; Regional imaginaries; History and cinema; Spanish cinema; Cultural historyNacionalismo español; Imaginarios regionales; Historia y cine; Cine español; Historia culturalSociologybusinessHumanitieshistoria culturaldescription
The article reflects on the presence and scope of the discourses of Spanish nationalism in the mass culture through the study of Spanish cinema produced during the years of the Second Republic. From a theoretical perspective based on the latest theoretical developments on nationalism, and particularly those concerning the role of culture, the article seeks to place the cinema in the heart of the study of Spanish nation-building process in the first decades of the twentieth century. The analytical axis will be the examination of the filmic construction of the regional imaginaries as a representation of Spain. After some general considerations concerning the presence of regional and national imaginaries in Spanish cinema, the article will focus specifically on the analysis of the filmic production of imaginaries related to the regions of Andalusia and Aragon from the detailed study of some representative films from the years of the Second Republic. In addition to film analysis, it will be also taken into account the critical reception of these films in the press and their social impact.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-30 | Hispania : Revista española de historia |