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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824846003321

Autore

Hartson Mary T.

Titolo

Casting masculinity in Spanish film : negotiating identity in a consumer age / / Mary T. Hartson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-3712-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 pages)

Disciplina

791.4365211

Soggetti

Masculinity in motion pictures

Motion pictures - Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: masculinity and consumerism in Spanish cinema -- Hegemonic masculinity under the dictatorship -- Breakdown of the hegemonic male model -- The new Spain: desire and commodification of the Spanish body -- Individualism, alienation and adaptation.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book explores representations of masculinity in Spanish film from the early Franco dictatorship through the present. It describes the rise of consumerism in contemporary Spain and, through an analysis of over 60 films, and shows how the hegemonic masculine models presented reflect and promote particular social, political, and economic exigencies"--