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Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas 19.3 is out now! Special Issue

Intellect is pleased to announce that Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas 19.3 is out now!

Special Issue: ‘Affect and Contemporary Spanish Film, Television and Media’

This issue examines a range of affects in film, television and other forms of screen media produced in Spain following the global financial crash of 2008. Contributors interrogate the emergence as well as the limitations of counter-hegemonic discourse in contemporary Spain, unveiling neo-liberal capitalism’s stranglehold on society.

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Aims & Scope

Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas is devoted to the study of Spanish-language and Latin American cinemas. Coverage includes the cinemas of Spain, and Spanish-speaking South, Central and North America, including the Caribbean, as well as Brazil. The journal is written in English and Spanish to maximize the opportunities for contact between different cultural regions and among academic disciplines such as media, film studies, Latin American and postcolonial studies, thereby encouraging contributions with an intercultural and interdisciplinary focus.

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Issue 19.3

Tribute

Ana M. López (1956–2023)

Editorial

Mobilizing affect in Spanish film and screen media from the Great Recession to the present

BRYAN CAMERON

Articles

The presence of an absence: Framing capital in Mercado de futuros/Futures Market (Álvarez 2011), La mano invisible/The Invisible Hand (Macián 2016) and Cerca de tu casa/Near your Home (Cortés 2016)

MARI PAZ BALIBREA

Post-fiction affect after the Spanish crisis in La plaga/The Plague (Ballús 2013) and Estado de malestar/State of Distress (Ruido 2019)

IGNASI GOZALO-SALELLAS