1st Edition

Spanish Film Policies and Gender

By Jara Fernández Meneses Copyright 2024
158 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

158 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

158 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive cultural and historical account of the key film policies put into place by the Spanish state between 1980 and 2010 through a gendered lens, framing these policies within the wider context of European film legislation. Departing from the belief that there is no such thing as an objective and value-neutral approach to policy analysis because our society is... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1. Contemporary Spanish Film Policies

Chapter 2: The 1980s: The Making of a New Democratic Cinema

Chapter 3: The 1990s: Hoping for a Better Future

Chapter 4: The 2000s: Towards a Feminist Film Law?

Conclusion

Biography

Jara Fernández Meneses is a lecturer in film studies at the University of Southampton, UK, where she teaches international film industry and film policy studies at undergraduate, postgraduate (taught) and PhD levels. Her research focuses on film policy, film industry and contemporary European cinema. Within this framework, she has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and several chapters in edited books. She conducts her current research in two international research groups: TECMERIN (UC3M) and DeVisiones (UAM).