Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Acknowledgments viii
5. Preface xi
6. Introduction 1
7. CHAPTER 1 The Petrified Tears of General Franco: Kitsch and Fascism in José Luis Sáenz de Heredia’s Raza 23
8. CHAPTER 2 Romancero Marroquí and the Francoist Kitsch Politics of Time 42
9. CHAPTER 3 Los últimos de Filipinas: The Spatio-temporal Coordinates of Francoism 60
10. CHAPTER 4 Surcos: Neorealism, Film Noir, and the Puppet Master 102
11. CHAPTER 5 Franco, ese hombre: From Kitsch-Artist to Kitsch-Man 141
12. CHAPTER 6 Viridiana: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil 179
13. CHAPTER 7 Balada triste de trompeta: Of Ghosts and Clowns 203
14. CHAPTER 8 Under the Sign of Saturn: The Labyrinth of Moral Choices in Francoist Spain 261
15. Works Cited 293
16. Index 311