Manuel de la Fuente is Associate Professor in Media Studies at the Universitat de Valencia (Spain). He has been researching the political effects of the popular culture while his main teaching interests focus on the documentary film, Spanish film and popular music. He also served as a research fellow and a visiting professor both in Europe and in South America, at the Universite de Geneve, Paris 12, Virginia, Newcastle, Valdivia, Valparaiso and Temuco. He published many articles dedicated to music and cinema in various international journals and the books Frank Zappa en el infierno (Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva, 2006) and Madrid. Visiones cinematograficas de los anos 1950 a los anos 2000 (Neuillysur-Seine, Atlande, 2014). Contact: manuel.delafuente@uv.es.