4. Mi querida cofradía (Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz, 2018) (with Erin K Hogan)
Matthew discusses Mi querida cofradía (Marta Díaz, 2018) with Dr Erin K. Hogan, Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Think feminist farce, dark humour, Catholic imagery, and challenges to patriarchy, as laughter becomes a tool of resistance and transformation. What does it take for a woman to become leader?Scholarship cited in the episode: (For the books, ask your library - university and/or public - to buy a copy! Trust us: librarians are always eager for requests!)Evans, Jo. 2011. 'Almodóvar’s ‘Others’: Spanish Women Film-Makers, Masquerade, and Maternity'. In A Companion to Spanish Women’s Studies, ed. by Xon de Ros and Geraldine Hazbun (Tamesis), pp. 329-42.Hogan, Erin K. 2024. Patriarchy's Remains: An Autopsy of Iberian Cinematic Dark Humour (McGill-Queen's University Press). Hogan, Erin K. 2020. 'Specular Comedies of Manslaughter by Inés París and Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz', Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies, 46 (1-2), 215-236. Hogan, Erin K. and García Puente, María. 2019. 'The Passion of Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz: A Conversation with the Filmmaker'. In Gynocine: A History of Spanish Women's Cinema, ed. by Barbara Zecchi (University of Massachusetts Press), pp. 1-16. Parés, Luis E. 2019. 'Comedies with Corpses but Without Weeping or Mourning', Comparative Cinema, 7:13, pp. 24-38.
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