Acknowledgments

Introduction: Beyond the Boundaries of a National Cinema

PART I. TRANSCULTURAL REINSCRIPTION

The Ideological Reinscription of Neorealist and Hollywood Conventions in Spanish Cinema of the 1950s: Falangist Neorealism in Surcos

The Subversive Reinscription of Melodrama in Muerte de un ciclista

Breaking New Ground in Los golfos, El cochecito, and El espiritu de la colmena

PART II. THE REPRESENTATION OF VIOLENCE IN THE SPANISH OEDIPAL NARRATIVE

Sacrifice and Massacre: On the Cultural Specificity of Violence

The Spanish Oedipal Narrative and Its Subversion

PART III. EXILE AND DIASPORA

Exile and Ideological Reinscription: The Unique Case of Luis Bunuel

The Economics of Exile: Borau On the Line of the National/International Interface

PART IV. MICRO- AND MACROREGIONALISM

Micro- and Macroregionalism in Catalan Cinema, European Coproductions, and Global Television

Epilogue: El Sol Also Rises

Notes

Bibliography

Index