Aesthetic Confluences and Geopolitical Actors in Hispanic Cultural Productions

Abstract

Introduction
Júlia González de Canales Carcereny, Jörg Türschmann

Discussion
Josetxo Cerdán, Miguel Fernández Labayen, Beatriz Sarlo, Francisco Rodríguez Pastoriza, Eduardo Ledesma

Conclusion
Júlia González de Canales Carcereny, Jörg Türschmann

Some artists coming from different world regions happen to share similar aesthetic trends. What elements underpin this claim? In the hispanophone countries, the Spanish language is undoubtely a unifying factor among filmmakers and writers, yet not the only one. So are the shared cultural referents, the traditional narrative paradigms and the common images by these narratives generated. This is especially to be seen in the popular cultural productions. The general public, both hispanic and international, appropiates these productions and, sometimes, redefines them. In turn, the cultural industries are engaged in turning these popular trends into transnational audiovisual / literary merchandise, establishing artistic subversion as an alternative market brand, ready for the consumption of those users who overturn stereotypes and seek an alleged narrative originality.