The Politics of Age and Disability in Contemporary Spanish Film: Plus Ultra Pluralism Book

Introduction: Framing Cultural Pluralism Anew in Contemporary Spanish Cinema Studies I. Adolescence and Alterity 1.The "Angry Girl" in Mensaka, Páginas de una historia ("Mensaka, Pages from a Story") (Salvador García Ruiz, 1998) 2. A Lad Indeed: Boyhood Friendship and the Politics of Masculinity in El Bola ("Pellet") (Achero Mañas, 2000) II. Senescence and Subjectivity 3.The Black Comedy of Aging in Justino, un asesino de la tercera edad ("Justino, a Senior Citizen Killer") ("La Cuadrilla" or Santiago Aguilar & Luis Guridi, 1994) 4.Senescent Seduction in Elsa y Fred ("Elsa and Fred") (Marcos Carnevale, 2004) III. Discourses of Disability 5.The Unseen Inside: Mental Illness as Disability in Mar adentro ("The Sea Inside")(Alejandro Amenábar, 2004) 6. A Pluralistic Vision: On Blindness and the Break with Auteurist "Autocracy" in Los abrazos rotos ("Broken Embraces") (Pedro Almodóvar, 2009)Afterword