Basque Cinema

By Center for Basque Studies and Jaume Martí-Olivella

Discussing Basque films including Mait , Butterfly's Wings, and many others, this entry into the Basque Textbook Series recounts the history and cultural significance of Basque filmmaking through the lens of media and literary studies. Author Jaume Mart -Olivella explores how questions of Basque culture and national identity have been portrayed in exemplary films -- the pastoral idyll in Tasio, the ETA in Mikel's Death, the role of the migrant in Mait -- and reveals the profound conversations Basque cinema enters into with its audiences and the culture(s) to which they belong. Basque Cinema, as the first English-language textbook devoted to the study of Basque film, offers a comprehensive portrayal not only of Basque filmmaking itself, but also how it is situated within the world's filmic and literary traditions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1877802190
• ISBN13: 9781877802195
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 8.5"