Screening Songs in Hispanic and Lusophone Cinema

Hardback

Main Details

Title Screening Songs in Hispanic and Lusophone Cinema
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Lisa Shaw
Edited by Robert Stone
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreFilms and cinema
Music
ISBN/Barcode 9780719083808
ClassificationsDewey:791.43
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 30 May 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In this volume, eighteen experts from a variety of academic backgrounds explore the use of songs in films from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds. This volume illustrates how - rather than simply helping to tell the story of - songs in Hispanic and Lusophone cinema commonly upset the hierarchy of the visual over the aural, thereby renderin

Author Biography

Lisa Shaw is Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Liverpool|Rob Stone is Professor of Film and Hispanic Studies in the College of Arts and Humanities at Swansea University -- .