Table of Contents
Introduction Andrés Lema-Hincapié Conxita Domènech 1
Part I Into the Realm of Sexual Provocations
1 The Queer Gothic Regime of Narciso Ibáñez Serrador's La residencia (1969) Ann Davies 21
2 A Queer Path to "Normal": Pablo Berger's Torremolinos 73 (2003) Meredith Lyn Jeffers 35
Part II Queer Intimacy: Within the Household
3 Turning Around Altogether: Gyrodynamics, Family Fantasies, and Spinnin' (2007) by Eusebio Pastrana Nina L. Molinaro 53
4 Framing Queer Desire: The Construction of Teenage Sexuality in Krámpack (2000) by Cesc Gay Ana Corbalán 67
5 Bridging Sexualities: Polyamory, Art, and Temporary Space in Castillos de cartón (2009) by Salvador García Ruiz Jennifer Brady 79
Part III Queering Iberian Politics
6 Eloy de la Iglesia's El diputado (1978): On the Margins of Spanish Democracy Lena Tahmassian 93
7 A Blatant Failure in Francoist Censorship: Jaime de Armiñán's Mi querida señorita (1971) Conxita Domènech 107
8 Social Danger and Queer Nationalism in Ignacio Vilar's A esmorga (2014) Darío Sánchez González 121
9 Gay Basque Men and the Unveiling of a Progressive Family Order in Roberto Castón's Ander (2009) Ibon Izurieta 138
Part IV Queer Catalonia: Destroying Essential Representations
10 The Barbarians' Inheritance: Memory's Brittleness and Tragic Lucidity in Ventura Pons's Amic/Amat (1998) and Forasters (2008) Joan Ramon Resina 153
11 Intertextual Representations and Lesbian Desire in Marta Balletbò-Coll's Sévigné (Júlia Berkowitz) (2004) María Teresa Vera-Rojas 168
12 "Com si fóssim la pesta": Francoism and the Politics of Immunity in Agustí Villaronga's Pa negre (2010) William Viestenz 188
Part V Burning Counterpoints with Religiosity
13 Bound and Cut: João Pedro Rodrigues's O ornitólogo (2016) Kelly Moore 207
14 Queering Lisbon in Paulo Rocha's A raíz do coração (2000): Santo António Festivities, Politics, and Drag Queens Rui Trindade Oliveira 223
15 Entre tinieblas (1983): Pedro Almodóvar, a Reformer of Catholicism? Andrés Lema-Hincapié 237
Acknowledgments 261
Filmography 263
Bibliography 265
Notes on Contributors 283
Index 289