Sara Montiel - Paperback

by Israel Rolon-Barada (Author)

What is Sara Montiel's cultural legacy in popular music and Spanish-American cinema? What led her to become an icon, a legend and a myth? Saritisima is part of the Spanish cultural imaginary of the 20th century, as she achieved international reach as a representative of Spanish culture. Through her musical and cinematographic production she was able to fight against the adversities she would have had to face. The diversity of socio-political situations, economic or academic limitations, were not an impediment to achieving his goals. This book analyses her career, how she broke barriers in Spain, Latin America and the United States from the 1950s onwards, as well as her contribution to Spanish popular culture, of which she served as an ambassador. Ten years after her death, the example of Sara Montiel, muse of the LGTBIQ+ community and a woman ahead of her time, remains more relevant than ever.

Author Biography

Israel Rolón-Barada es licenciado por la Universidad de Puerto Rico, posee un máster de la Universidad de Georgetown, y un doctorado de la Universidad de Málaga. Su especialización es la literatura y cultura española contemporánea. En la primavera de 2001 localizó el manuscrito original de Nada, que había sido conservado por un librero de Madrid llamado Carmelo Blázquez. Es editor de Puedo contar contigo, correspondencia, Carmen Laforet / Ramón J. Sender (2003), La mujer nueva (2003), y Al volver la esquina (2004). En 2008, presentó su tesis doctoral titulada La correspondencia de Carmen Laforet: razones de una novelista (1939-1991), que sirvió de base para escribir y publicar como co-autor junto a Anna Caballé, la biografia Carmen Laforet; Una mujer en fuga (2010), ganadora del Premio Gaziel, y que ya va por su cuarta edición. Actualmente es profesor de español en Washington, DC y continua ofreciendo conferencias sobre Carmen Laforet y otras escritoras de posguerra.