• ‘I haven’t done anything wrong!’ Melodrama and victimization in Las 13 rosas/13 Roses (2007) and La voz dormida/The Sleeping Voice (2011)

    Author(s):
    David Rodriguez-Solas (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Subject(s):
    Culture--Study and teaching
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    audience, melodrama, victimization, Spanish civil war, historical memory, Cultural studies, Film studies
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6022K
    Abstract:
    This article examines two films about the Spanish Civil War that feature victims as protagonists: Las 13 rosas/13 Roses (Martínez Lázaro, 2007) and La voz dormida/The Sleeping Voice (Zambrano, 2011). Drawing from studies of melodrama, the article offers an examination of the representation of Francoist repression through visual narration in these films, suggesting they use an affective filter that impedes audience’s critical reflection. The article ends by discussing victimization and spectatorship in relation to Rancière’s ideas of the emancipated spectator. It explores how the audience’s experiences might have been affected by the fact that debates on historical memory, which were prominent at the time of the release of these films, were downplayed in both films.
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    Published as:
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1386/slac.13.3.303_1
    Publisher:
    Intellect
    Pub. Date:
    2016-9-21
    Journal:
    Studies in Spanish & Latin-American Cinemas
    Volume:
    13
    Issue:
    3
    Page Range:
    303 - 317
    ISSN:
    2050-4837,2050-4845
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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