Costume design is a crucial, but frequently overlooked, aspect of film that fosters an appreciation of the diverse ways in which film and fashion enrich each other. These influential industries offer representations of ideas, values, and beliefs that shape and construct cultural identities. In Fashioning Spanish Cinema, Jorge Perez analyses the use of clothing and fashion as costumes within Spanish cinema, paying particular attention to the significance of those costumes in relation to the visual styles and the narratives of the films. The author examines the links between costume analysis and other fields and theoretical frameworks such as fashion studies, the history of dress, celebrity studies, and gender and feminist studies.
Fashioning Spanish Cinema looks at instances in which costumes are essential to shaping the public image of stars, such as Conchita Montenegro, Sara Montiel, Victoria Abril, and Penelope Cruz. Focusing on examples in which costumes have discursive autonomy, it explores how costumes engage with broader issues of identity and, relatedly, how costumes impact everyday practices and fashion trends beyond cinema. Drawing on case studies from multiple periods, films by contemporary directors and genres, and red-carpet events such as the Oscars and Goya Awards, Fashioning Spanish Cinema contributes a pivotal Spanish perspective to expanding interdisciplinary work on the intersections between film and fashion.
By:
Jorge Pérez
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 231mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781487509118
ISBN 10: 1487509111
Series: Toronto Iberic
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 26 July 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments Introduction: Fashion, Costume, and Spanish Cinema 1. Fashioning National Stars: Balenciaga and Spanish Cinema 2. Almodóvar and Chanel: High Fashion, Desire, and Identity 3. Men in Underwear in Spanish Cinema 4. Dressing the Immigrant Other 5. Self-Fashioning Stardom: The Red-Carpet Matters Conclusion: Fashioning Identity and Stardom
Jorge Pérez is Peter T. Flawn Centennial Professor of Spanish at the University of Texas at Austin.
Reviews for Fashioning Spanish Cinema: Costume, Identity, and Stardom
“Fashioning Spanish Cinema draws on an impressive range of disciplines, from the history of dress (which it carefully distinguishes from the related but distinct terms of fashion, costume, and wardrobe) to celebrity and gender studies. And its new focus retrieves much valuable and piquant history.” -- Paul Julian Smith, CUNY Graduate Center * <em>Revista Hispánica Moderna</em> * “Fashioning Spanish Cinema draws on an impressive range of disciplines, from the history of dress (which it carefully distinguishes from the related but distinct terms of fashion, costume, and wardrobe) to celebrity and gender studies. And its new focus retrieves much valuable and piquant history.” -- Paul Julian Smith, CUNY Graduate Center * <em>Revista Hispánica Moderna</em> *
