Ebook: A Companion to Pedro Almodovar

Edited by leading authorities on the subject, and bringing together a stellar cast of contributors, this detailed appraisal of Pedro Almodovar’s unique cinematic art examines the themes, style, and aesthetics of his oeuvre and locates it in the context of the profound cultural transformations in Spain since the 1970s.

• Brings together a stellar cast of contributors from across the globe  including recognized and established specialists as well as talented younger scholars
• Features contributions by Spanish film historians, where studies of Almodovar’s work have been underrepresented in the academic literature
• Deploys new approaches to the analysis of film authorship by exploring contextual issues such as Almodovar’s transnational appeal and the political dimensions of his works
• Traces the director’s fruitful collaborations in the areas of art and design, fashion and music

Content:
Chapter none Introduction (pages 1–17): Marvin D'Lugo and Kathleen M. Vernon
Chapter 1 Almodovaros Self?Fashioning (pages 19–38): Paul Julian Smith
Chapter 2 Creative Beginnings in Almodovar's Work1 (pages 39–58): Francisco A. Zurian
Chapter 3 Almodovar and Hitchcock (pages 59–87): Dona Kercher
Chapter 4 A Life, Imagined and Otherwise (pages 88–104): Alberto Mira
Chapter 5 El Deseo's “Itinerary“ (pages 105–128): Marina Diaz Lopez
Chapter 6 Almodovar and Spanish Patterns of Film Reception (pages 129–152): Josetxo Cerdan and Miguel Fernandez Labayen
Chapter 7 Memory, Politics, and the Post?Transition in Almodovaros Cinema (pages 153–175): Juan Carlos Ibanez
Chapter 8 The Ethics of Oblivion (pages 176–199): Adrian Perez Melgosa
Chapter 9 Our Rapists, Ourselves (pages 203–224): Leora Lev
Chapter 10 Paternity and Pathogens (pages 225–243): Dean Allbritton
Chapter 11 Domesticating Violence in the Films of Pedro Almodovar (pages 244–261): Noelia Saenz
Chapter 12 La piel que habito (pages 262–278): Francisco A. Zurian
Chapter 13 Re?envoicements and Reverberations in Almodovaros Macro?Melodrama (pages 279–303): Marsha Kinder
Chapter 14 The Flower of His Secret (pages 304–321): Celestino Deleyto
Chapter 15 Scratching the Past on the Surface of the Skin (pages 322–344): Julian Daniel Gutierrez?Albilla
Chapter 16 Almodovar's Stolen Images (pages 345–363): Javier Herrera
Chapter 17 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (pages 365–386): Isolina Ballesteros
Chapter 18 Almodovar's Global Musical Marketplace (pages 387–411): Kathleen M. Vernon
Chapter 19 Almodovar and Latin America (pages 412–431): Marvin D'Lugo
Chapter 20 Is There a French Almodovar? (pages 432–452): Jean?Claude Seguin
Chapter 21 Almodovar in Asia (pages 453–467): E. K. Tan
Chapter 22 To the Health of The Author (pages 469–494): John D. Sanderson
Chapter 23 Making Spain Fashionable (pages 495–523): Gerard Dapena
Chapter 24 Almodovar, Cyberfandom, and Participatory Culture (pages 524–550): Vicente Rodriguez Ortega