{"product_id":"9781032336190","title":"Gender-Based Violence in Latin American and Iberian Cinemas","description":"\u003ch3\u003eGlobal Gender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGender-Based Violence in Latin American and Iberian Cinemas\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRebeca Maseda García | María José Gámez Fuentes | Barbara Zecchi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Violence \u0026amp; Harassment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGender-Based Violence in Latin American and Iberian Cinemas\u003c\/em\u003e rethinks the intersection between violence and its gendered representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a groundbreaking contribution to the international debate on the cinematic construction of gender-based violence. With essays from diverse cultural backgrounds and institutions, this collection analyzes a wide range of films across Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. The volume makes use of varied perspectives including feminist, postcolonial, and queer theory to consider such issues as the visual configuration of power and inequality, the objectification and the invisibilization of women’s and LGBTQ subjects’ resistance, the role of female film-makers in transforming hegemonic accounts of violence, and the subversion of common tropes of gendered violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis will be of significance for students and scholars in Latin American and Iberian studies, as well as in film studies, cultural studies, and gender and queer studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebeca Maseda García\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Spanish at the University of Alaska Anchorage (U.S.A.), where she teaches on gender violence and cinema in Spain, historical memory and the Civil War, and contemporary Latin American and Iberian cinemas; her most recent work focuses on alternative ways of representing female trauma in cinema that respond to an ethical witnessing paradigm. Publications include \u003cem\u003eGender and Violence in Spanish Culture: From Vulnerability to Accountability\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eEnsayo sobre la contradicción: Virginia Woolf en pantalla \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), \"Mood, Silence and Ghostly Words: Female Trauma in Isabel Coixet’s \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Life of Words\u003c\/em\u003e\", and \"Songs of Pain: Female Active Survivors in Claudia Llosa’s \u003cem\u003eThe Milk of Sorrow\u003c\/em\u003e\". She is an associate investigator on a project on the re-signification of women as victims in popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaría José Gámez Fuentes\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Gender and Media at Universitat Jaume I of Castellon (Spain), and member of the Institute of Feminist Research and the Interuniversity Institute of Social Development and Peace at her home university. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Columbia University, among others. Her work focusses on feminist theory, cultural violence, and communication towards social change; her publications include \u003cem\u003eRe-writing Women as Victims: From Theory to Practice \u003c\/em\u003e(co-edited with S. Núñez and E. Gómez, 2019) and \u003cem\u003eGender and Violence in Spanish Culture: From Vulnerability to Accountability\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Rebeca Maseda, 2018). Currently she is the principal researcher of research and development projects on the resignification of women as victims and on ethical witnessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Zecchi\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (U.S.A.), and Associate Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain. She has published and lectured widely on European and Latin American cinemas, feminist film theory, film adaptation theory, gender studies, aging studies, and video-graphic criticism. In addition to video-graphic essays and journal articles, she is the author or editor of numerous volumes including \u003ci\u003eLa pantalla sexuada\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eDesenfocadas\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and \u003ci\u003eTras las lentes de Isabel Coixet: cine, compromiso y feminismo\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). Zecchi is vice-director of the international research network \"CinemAGEnder\", and founder of \"Gynocine\", a digital humanities project on the production of women filmmakers around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 June 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032336190\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23.38\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63534963753100,"sku":"9781032336190","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032336190","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}