Complaint and the Bourbon Monarchy in (Post-)Recessionary Cinema from Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12719371 |
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| Authors | Bryan Cameron (0000-0002-5936-5544, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 869-896 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Spanish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-3820 • E-ISSN: 1478-3428 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14753820.2024.2336407 |
| OpenAlex | W4397010591 |
| Language | EN |
This essay traces the expression of censorious affects toward Spain's emeritus King Juan Carlos I in two films produced in the aftermath of the Great Recession (2007–2009). Centring on Santiago Sierra and Jorge Galindo's Los encargados (2012) and El Rey (Alberto San Juan & Valentín Álvarez, 2018), I argue that cinematic forms of complaint provide an ideal vehicle for contesting the future of the Bourbon monarchy. In the context of the (post-)crisis, both take aim at the Crown, using complaint as a genre to debate social attachments and interrogate narratives linked to the history of democracy in contemporary Spain
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Complaint · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Economic history · Literature · Monarchy · Movie theater · Narrative · Political science · Politics · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Spanish Culture and Identity
| Highly cited | No |
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