The family album : histories, subjectivities, and immigration in contemporary Spanish culture

This book is an examination of the use of the family album in contemporary Spanish culture. Through the analysis of films, narratives, painting, and a photographic exhibition produced from the end of Franco's dictatorship to the present, Kim interrogates how the family album serves as a critical instrument to reflect on the treatment of the past in contemporary Spain, the recuperation of repressed identities, nostalgia for collective memory symptomatic of the cultural discontent with the erosion of a national boundary due to globalization and the increasing claim of diversity, and ethical concerns for immigration. This study explores a broad range of works by canonical as well as less studied writers and artists, including Juan Goytisolo, Carlos Saura, and Marta Balletbò-Coll. Considering The Family Album As A Mode Of Questioning, Yeon-soo Kim Examines The Ways In Which Contemporary Spanish Culture Explores The Medium To Represent Sociocultural Concerns. She Analyzes A Wide Range Of Films, Narratives, Paintings, And A Photographic Exhibition, Produced From The End Of Franco's Dictatorship To The Present, To Trace The Changes In The Understanding Of The Family Album.--jacket. The Family Album And History. Interrupted Family Album : Juan Goytisolo's Coto Vedado And Eduardo Mendicutti's Una Mala Noche, La Tiene Cualquiera -- The Family Album And Gender : Transgenerational Succession Of Historical Consciousness In Carlos Saura's Cría Cuervos And Julio Llamazares's Escenas De Cine Mudo -- The Family Album And The Nationalist Narrative : Recuperating Temporal Contingency In Antonio Muñoz Molina's El Jinete Polaco. The Family Album And The Peripheral. Family Photographs And Reading The Family Romance Differently : Montxo Armendáriz's Secretos Del Corazón -- A Lesbian Family Album : Family Album As A Portable Home And Homelessness In Marta Balletbò-coll's Costa Brava (family Album). Institutionalization Of The Family Album. The Family Album And Technological Development : Exhibiting The Family Album In A Museum : Pedro López Canas And Martín Llorens's Déjame Que Te Cuente (cien ãnos De Album Familiar). Family Frames And Immigration. The Family Album And The Promotion Of Multiculturalism : Icíar Bollain's Flores De Otro Mundo And Rick Davila's Portraits Of Migrant Workers In El Ejido -- A Press Photograph In A Family Album : Bearing Witness To The Death Of An African Immigrant In Nieves García Benito's Cailcedrat -- Ethics Of The Family Album : Maternal Touch In Pilar Rodiles's Bidun (undocumented). Yeon-soo Kim. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 252-260) And Index. Filmography: P. 261. Contents Acknowledgments Flipping Through the Family Album . . . Notes Bibliography Filmography Art and Photography Index