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The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films
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The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films
National Cinema Series
Series Editor: Cynthia J. Miller The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films edited by Salvador Jimenez Murguía The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Films edited by Salvador Jimenez Murguía The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films edited by Salvador Jimenez Murguía and Alex Pinar
The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films Edited by Salvador Jimenez Murguía and Alex Pinar
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • London
Published by Rowman & Littlefield An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. Forbes Boulevard, Suite , Lanham, Maryland Unit A, Whitacre Mews, Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Murguía, Salvador, – author. | Pinar, Alex, – autho
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