ReFocus: The Films of Joaquín Jordá
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ReFocus: The Films of Joaquín Jordá
Examines the work of Joaqun Jord, one of the main figures in unconventional, heterodox and combative Spanish cinema.
Joaqun Jord is not only one of the most important directors in Spanish film history, but, through his films, he also connects this history with the ideological and aesthetical movements that took place in European cinema and culture. His influence transcends the fields of cinema and politics and shows a different way of understanding, producing and teaching film.
He was a multidisciplinary auteur, who was always attentive to historical and political change, which he observed with a critical eye.
This is one of the first books in English about Jorda's body of work. The Films of Joaquin Jord provides this recognition on the international scene with chapters by 17 contributors, academics from international universities and professionals with prestigious careers. These chapters take into consideration not only his films but all his oeuvre and his multidisciplinary activity, which encompassed fiction films and documentaries, television screenplays, translations of literature, militant politics and pedagogy.
Series: ReFocus: The International Directors Series
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399513104
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 February 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Illustration: 25 black and white illustrations
Contributors:
- Edited by Fran Benavente
- Edited by Gloria Salvado-Corretger
- Edited by Glòria Salvadó-Corretger
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Fran Benavente is an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication at Pompeu Fabra University (Spain). He is the author of El heroe trgico del western. El genero y sus lmites (The Tragic Hero in Westerns: Genre and Its Limits, 2017) and co-editor of Poeticas del gesto en el cine europeo contemporneo (Poetics of Gesture in Contemporary European Cinema, 2013). Glria Salvad-Corretger is an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication at Pompeu Fabra University (Spain). She is the author of Espectres del cinema portugues contemporani (Spectres of Contemporary Portuguese Cinema, 2012) and co-editor of Poeticas del gesto en el cine europeo contemporneo (Poetics of Gesture in Contemporary European Cinema, 2013).
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