Library of Rassegna iberistica

Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | Rethinking Iberian Studies from the Periphery
Chapter | Sexualidades periféricas

Sexualidades periféricas

Masculinidades alternativas en el cine español

Abstract

This essay considers the problematic construction of alternative masculinities in Spanish cinema during the Franco regime and their reconstruction during the Transition. The analysis examines the cultural parameters of the performance of difference on screen, focusing on the representation of peripheral masculine sexualities, at odds with the fundamental elements of the hegemonic Francoist national-catholic ideology, whereby homosexuality and otherness are commonly denied, neutralised or made invisible to reaffirm the heteromasculine national paradigm. It also explores the fissures in the construction of hegemonic masculinity in Spanish cinema and diverse attempts of deperipheralisation.


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Submitted: Nov. 8, 2018 | Published Feb. 4, 2019 | Language: es

Keywords Spanish CinemaLaberinto de PasionesRepresentation of homosexualityPedro AlmodóvarDiferente, No desearás al vecino del quinto¡A mí la Legión!HarkaAlfredo Landa


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