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January 28, 1999
The first collection of critical essays on Luis Buñuel's 1972 Oscar-winning masterpiece,The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, this anthology brings fresh perspectives to the most sophisticated film of this director whose narrative experimentation was always ahead of its time. Combining some of the world's most distinguished scholars on Buñuel and Spanish cinema with new voices in cultural theory, this volume helps us to rethink not only The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, but also Buñuel's entire body of work.

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The first collection of critical essays on Luis Buñuel's 1972 Oscar-winning masterpiece, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, this anthology brings fresh perspectives to the most sophisticated film of this director whose narrative experimentation was always ahead of its time. Combining some of the world's most distinguished scholars on Buñuel and Spanish cinema with new voices in cultural theory, this volume helps us to rethink not only The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, but also Buñuel's entire body of work .

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The Discreet Charm, New York, Don Juan, That Obscure Object, Marilyn Monroe, The Milky Way, Fernando Rey, The Exterminating Angel, Linda Williams, Michel Foucault, University of California Press, Civil War, Luis Borau, The History of Sexuality, Indiana University Press, John Orr, Latin American, Look of the Century, Marsha Kinder, Marvin Minsky, Mary Ann Doane, Max Aub, Roland Barthes, Susan Suleiman, Teresa de Lauretis
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