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Religion and Spanish Film: Luis Buñuel, the Franco Era, and Contemporary Directors
Treatments of religion found in Spanish cinema range from the pious to the anticlerical and atheistic, and every position in between. In a nation with a strong Catholic tradition, resistance to and rebellion against religious norms go back almost as far as the notion of "Sacred Spain." Religion and ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Rite, Flesh, and Stone: The Matter of Death in Contemporary Spanish Culture (Hispanic Issues)
by Elizabeth Scarlett • William Viestenz • Layla Renshaw • N. Michelle Murray • Eugenia Afinoguénova • Pedro Aguilera-Mellado • Ana Fernández-Cebrián • Patty Keller • Ángel Loureiro • Cristina Moreiras-Menor • Annabel Martín • Jordi Moreras • Sol TarrésForensic science provides information and data behind the circumstances of a particular death, but it is culture that provides death with meaning. With this in mind, Rite, Flesh, and Stone proposes cultural matters of death as its structuring principle, operating as frames of the expression of morta... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Gender and Corporate Boards: The Route to A Seat at The Table (Routledge Studies in Gender and Organizations)
The lack of women on boards has galvanised much public and policy interest, which has led to many countries introducing quotas for women on boards, or to concerted voluntary action. However the way that directors are appointed remains opaque and prone to the influence of gender. Using a social cons... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020