Rupturing the Surface: Performance as Opposition in Ocaña: retrat intermitent (Ventura Pons, 1978).
This article takes a new look at one of the most notable films of the era of Spain's Transition to democracy: Ventura Pons' directorial debut, Ocaña: retrat intermitent (1978). Screened during a time characterized by an explosion of freedoms, but also by the depoliticization of politics and of Spain...
| Published in: | Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839) Vol. 96; no. 2; pp. 163 - 180 |
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| Format: | Film/TV Criticism and Review |
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2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=134907170&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 134907170 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14753839 01W jtl: Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839) issn: 14753839 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2019 vid: 96 iid: 2 pid: 39786 pub: Liverpool University Press / Journals artinfo: ui: 134907170 10.3828/bhs.2019.10 ppf: 163 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 153KB tig: atl: Rupturing the Surface: Performance as Opposition in Ocaña: retrat intermitent (Ventura Pons, 1978). aug: au: Tahmassian, Lena affil: University of South Carolina su: Ocaña: Retrat intermittent (Film) Pons, Ventura Democratization Political change Politics in motion pictures Spanish films Postmodernism (Philosophy) Documentary films sug: subj: Ocaña: Retrat intermittent (Film) Pons, Ventura Democratization Political change Politics in motion pictures Spanish films Postmodernism (Philosophy) Documentary films ab: This article takes a new look at one of the most notable films of the era of Spain's Transition to democracy: Ventura Pons' directorial debut, Ocaña: retrat intermitent (1978). Screened during a time characterized by an explosion of freedoms, but also by the depoliticization of politics and of Spain's recent historical conflicts, the documentary's uncanniness can be explored productively as a work that resists the reduction of politics to individual identity. An analysis at the intersection of queer theory and avant-garde praxis suggests that Pons' portrait of the countercultural and gender-bending performer offers a way out of what would become the political impasse of hegemonic postmodernism. This revision contributes to the critical dialogue on the Transition's countercultural production as the latter becomes loaded with increased relevance through attempts to understand Spain's current political upheavals. Este artículo examina una de las películas más destacadas de la época de la Transición a la democracia en España: el primer largometraje del director Ventura Pons, Ocaña: retrat intermitent (1978). El documental es una muestra del periodo caracterizado por la eclosión de nuevas libertades pero también por la despolitización de la política y de los conflictos históricos recientes en España. Lo insólito de este film se presta para su exploración productiva como una obra que resiste la reducción de la política a la identidad individual. En la intersección de la teoría queer y el praxis vanguardista, este análisis sugiere que el retrato que hace Pons del artista contracultural y travesti ofrece un escape del callejón sin salida que el posmodernismo hegemónico constituiría. Esta revisión contribuye al diálogo crítico sobre la producción contracultural de la Transición que nos ayuda a entender la turbulencia política actual. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Film/TV Criticism and Review src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839) is published by Liverpool University Press, and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without Liverpool University Press's express written copyright permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (1475-3839) holder: Liverpool University Press / Journals dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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