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Carmen on Film A Cultural History

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ISBN-10: 0253219078

ISBN-13: 9780253219077

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Phil Powrie, Bruce Babington, Ann Davies, Chris Perriam, Ian Biddle

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The story of Carmen, the Spanish Gypsy femme fatale, is one of the most adapted stories in the history of cinema. This text focuses on 16 of the most important Carmen films, ranging across three main cinemas (Hollywood, France, and Spain), stretching from the earliest films to the most recent.
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 7/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Phil Powrie is Professor of French Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Research into Film at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author or editor of several books, including French Cinema in the 1980s.Bruce Babington is Professor of Film Studies in the Department of English at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author of Blue Skies and Silver Linings: Aspects of the Hollywood Musical.Ann Davies is Lecturer in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. She is author of numerous articles on gender relations in film and culture.Chris Perriam is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author of…    

Introduction
Mapping Carmen
Theorizing Carmen
Carmen of the Americas
1915: the year of two Carmens
German-American relations (1918 & 1921)
The most surprising Carmen (1926)
Carmen of the suburbs (1948)
Apropos Dis an' Dat (1954)
Carmen and the French cinema
Two silent Carmens (1910; 1926)
Jean-Luc's women (1984)
Social-realist fantasies (1984)
A postcolonial Carmen (2001)
Carmen and the Spanish cinema
Carmen under Franco (1938; 1959)
Carmen after Franco (1983; 2003)
Carmen and stardom
Rita Hayworth
Viviane Romance
Sara Montiel
Pl�cido Domingo Conclusion