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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
UAB Barcelona Summer School

Spanish Cinema and Society (taught in Spanish)

UAB

The course offers a general approach to Spanish contemporary culture and history from the postwar period until now through its cinematographic self-representation. The selection of movies analyzed in the classes intends to be representative of recent Spanish history and cover the main social, political, economic and cultural aspects of country’s reality. In the same way, this selection tries to attend to the variety of the Spanish cinema over that period, integrating both auteur and commercial or genre films. Our methodological approach is based on the multidisciplinary perspective of comparative and intermedia studies that focus on visual culture. This kind of approach permits a deeper and comprehensive understanding of the contemporary world and has become indispensable in the field of Humanities and Communication studies. Our main learning goal in this course is to analyze, review and criticize the role that these cinematographic representations have had in the construction of identity, contrasting them with the personal experience of foreign and national students, to offer a more inclusive, extensive and complex vision of the Spanish cultural diversity.

Important Notice on Course Suitability and Activities:

Some Summer School courses are designed for students with prior academic background in a specific discipline and may be unsuitable for participants without that preparation. 

In addition, certain courses include discipline-standard practical activities (for example, laboratory work with biological specimens, dissections, use of clinical or forensic material, field sampling, or other hands-on procedures) that may be unfamiliar or unsettling for some participants. 

Students are responsible for reading the course descriptor carefully and ensuring (i) that they meet any stated academic expectations or prerequisites, and (ii) that they are comfortable participating in the methods and activities described. 

If you are unsure about suitability, please contact the course lecturer(s) before enrolling.

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