Men on the Screen; Re-visions of Masculinity in Spanish Cinema (1939-2019)

ISBN-13: 9781433163579 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 306 str.

Francisco Uceda; Juan Rey

Opis

Men on the Screen articulates various different types of masculinities, arguing that Spanish cinema is a reflection of the great changes experienced by Spanish society during these years.

Spis treści

Introduction - Men Who Roam the Spanish Screens - Part I: Masculinities in the Francoist era - The Man Franco Dreamed of: A Prescriptive and Dictatorial Masculinity - Traitors of the Homeland: The Stigmatization of Reds in Falangist Discourse - Masculinities of the Past as a Re-writing of the Present Excessively Comical, Even Grotesque Men - Part II: Masculinities in Late Francoism and Transition Periods - The Man in Destape Films: Rascals, Braggarts, Sexually Repressed Men ... - The Injured Man: Men Who Sell Their Body - The Latin Lover Who Degenerates into an Iberian Male - The Fetishist or the Erotic Gaze of the Repressed Man - The Quinqui as a Hero: Criminal Adolescence during the Transition - Man and God: The Sacred in the Construction of Masculinity - The Man of the Transition Period: Deadbeats, Losers and Simpletons - Part III: From the Transition Period to Present Day - Candidates and Corrupt Politicians: Political Men since the Transition - The Tragic Man: Cyber-Genealogy of the Impossible Male - The Heroes of the Thriller: The Disintegration of the Romantic Canon - The Man-Monster: Masculinity and Visual Effects (VFX) - The Realistic Man: Rural Masculinities - On Hunters and Prey: The Mise-en-scène of a Lurking Masculinity - In the Center of the Labyrinth: Man against the Minotaur - Part IV: New Masculinities? Continuities and Breaks - The Bullfighter as an Archetype and Icon of Spanish Masculinity - Idols, Characters, and Stereotypes of the Male Athlete - Older People, Grandparents ... How Men Age in the Cinema - Violently Sexist Men: Aggression as a Sign of Masculinity - Men of Their Word: From Silence to Screaming - The Television Man: Beyond the Cinematographic Horizon - Filmography - Notes on Contributors - Index

O autorze

Juan Rey is Professor in the Audiovisual Communication and Advertising Department of the University of Seville (Spain). He holds PhDs in communication and Hispanic philology. His past publications include numerous articles, as well as The Male Body as Advertisement and Masculinities in Hispanic Media (2015) and All About Almodóvar's Men (2017).