Portraying homosexuality in spanish film and television during the Franco regime
This paper analyzes how homosexuality was portrayed in Spanish cinema and television during the Franco dictatorship. Our findings show that three main strategies were used in order to elude the censor: concealing (using implicit references), caricature (exaggerating stereotypes) and appropriation (a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/17617 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/17617 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 791.43 305 Homosexuality Film Television Francoism Spain Dictatorship LGTBIQ. Homosexualidad Cine Televisión Franquismo España Dictadura Cambio social Cine (Ciencias de la Información) Comunicación audiovisual Películas cinematográficas 6307 Cambio y desarrollo Social 3325.03 Cinematografía 6203.01 Cinematografía 3325.09 Televisión |
| Sumario: | This paper analyzes how homosexuality was portrayed in Spanish cinema and television during the Franco dictatorship. Our findings show that three main strategies were used in order to elude the censor: concealing (using implicit references), caricature (exaggerating stereotypes) and appropriation (a priori re-reading of non-homosexual discourses). We also study how contemporary cinema and television portrays homosexuality as it was during Francoism, with trends such as the recovery of historical homosexual characters, a harsh reflection of the prevailing repression, and a defusing of the issue with the generation of discourses closer to contemporary rather than historical sensibility. |
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