The Dynamics of Masculinity in Contemporary Spanish Culture

Lorraine Ryan, Ana Corbalan, Lorraine Ryan, Ana Corbalan

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780367885083
• eBook ISBN:
  9781315302652
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: European Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

This collection of essays explores cultural phenomena that are shaping masculine identities in contemporary Spain, asking and striving to answer these compelling questions: what does it mean to be a man in present-day Spain? How has masculinity evolved since Franco's dictatorship? What are the dynamics of masculinity in contemporary Spanish culture? How has hegemonic masculinity been contested in cultural productions? This volume is comprised of sixteen essays that address these very questions by examining literary, cultural and film representations of the configurations of masculinities in contemporary Spain. Divided into three thematic units, starting with the undermining of the monolithic Francoist archetype of masculinity, continuing with the reformulation of hegemonic masculinity and finishing with regional emergent masculinities, all of the volume´s essays focus on the redefinition of Spanish masculinities. Principal themes of the volume include alternative families, queer masculinities, performative masculinities, memory and resistance to hegemonic discourses of manliness, violence and emotions, public versus private masculinities, regional masculinities, and marginal masculinities. This exploration not only produces new insights into masculinity, but also yields nuanced insights into the recuperation of memory in contemporary Spain, the reconfiguration of the family, the status of women in Spanish society, and regional identities.

Index

abertzale 232, 233, 235, 237

Aboim, Sofia 188, 196

abortion 91

Absolute Beginners (MacInnes, 1959) 201

Abuín González, Anxo 254

abuse see domestic abuse; sexual abuse; violence

adolescence 12, 200–14, 215–28

aesthetics 30, 204, 207; see also camp aesthetics

affect 224–5, 247; see also emotion

agency 8, 93, 115–16, 118, 189, 196, 221, 225

aggression: and Basque identity 236; defensive 174–5; domination via 57, 64, 68, 144, 166; female aggression 87; Franco era masculinity 5, 65, 66, 68; hyper-masculinity 144, 188–9; idealized traits of the masculine 141–2; marketplace manhood 134, 136; not implicit in masculinity 8; and patriarchy 85; war narratives 22; working class masculinities 7, 144; and youth cultures 219; see also violence

Aguado, Txetxu 36, 40

Aitken, Stuart C. 88

Alaria, Alfredo 23, 26–7

Albaladejo, Miguel 6, 99–112

aldea maldita, La 139

Al Hassani, Jamila 11

Allinson, Mark 204

Almodóvar, Pedro 2, 4, 20, 26–7, 30, 31, 32–3, 102

Álvarez, Alfeo 25, 26

Álvarez-Miranda, Berta 189

amantes pasajeros, Los (Almodóvar) 32

Amat, Kiko 8, 200–14

¡A mí la Legión! (Dir. Juan de Orduña, 1942) 21, 22

A mi madre le gustan las mujer...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• Acknowledgments
• Lists of contributors
• Introduction: The reconfiguration of masculinity in Spain
• SECTION I The forge and cultural subversion of Francoist masculinity
• SECTION II The reconfiguration of hegemonic masculinity
• SECTION III Regional emergent masculinities
• Index