This edited collection analyzes the tensions, contradictions, contributions, and new horizons generated and/or imposed by Netflix within Spain's audiovisual culture.

This book provides invaluable insight into how Netflix-first in its role as distributor and then as content creator-has changed the audiovisual landscape in Spain. It discusses how Netflix challenges the traditional method of categorizing film and television output by nationality while also examining how Spain is presented to other countries through the Netflix catalog and questioning what its chosen output-light comedies, mystery/thrillers, narco-fiction, and crime-means for Spain's national brand. With chapters addressing themes such as reproducibility, pan-Europeanism after Brexit, gender representation, identity, and globalization, this book explores how-under the influence of Netflix-Spain is transitioning from an importer of audiovisual content to a center of export.

This book will appeal to students and scholars of Film and Media Studies, Hispanic and Iberian Studies, and Spanish with a specific interest in Spanish film, television, media, and culture, as well as global media industries.

About the Author

Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo is Professor of Spanish and Film Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA. His work has appeared in journals (60+ articles) such as Hispanic Studies Review and Bulletin of Spanish Studies, among many others. He is the author/editor of several books (14), including Quinqui Film in Spain (2020), and he recently published a co-edited book with Iberoamericana/Vervuert about transatlantic film. He is currently working on a manuscript about Spanish national identity through its gastronomy.

Xose Pereira Boan is Assistant Professor in Iberian Studies at the University of Limerick, Ireland. His scholarly work has appeared in publications such as Journal of Comic Studies (2021), Quarterly Review of Film and Video (2020), Romance Studies (2019), Transitions: Journal of Franco-Iberian Studies (2018), Revista de Estudios Hispanicos (2018), and Variaciones Borges (2016).

Book Information
ISBN 9781032557373
Author Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo
Format Paperback
Page Count 258
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 498g