The Feminine Monster. The Uncanny and the Construction of Motherness in Furtivos
The maternal figure embodies one of the most recurrent metaphors in Spanish cinema of late-Francoism and transi-tion, a metaphor that has been read as a device of social criticism towards the dictatorship. Largely due to the sym-bolic connotations that the Franco regime had projected on motherhood,...
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| author | Silvia GUILLAMÓN CARRASCO |
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| description | The maternal figure embodies one of the most recurrent metaphors in Spanish cinema of late-Francoism and transi-tion, a metaphor that has been read as a device of social criticism towards the dictatorship. Largely due to the sym-bolic connotations that the Franco regime had projected on motherhood, it has been connected with the dictatorial past, functioning on the screen as a monstrous and uncanny personification of the Francoist repressive apparatus. Thus the maternal has become a privileged space for the deployment of film narratives that explore how power rela-tions within the family can be portrayed as a symbol of the relationship between the subject and the State. This arti-cle deals with the representation of the maternal figure in Furtivos (José Luis Borau, 1975), understood as a cultural symptom of the process to-ward the democratic transition in which Spanish society was immersed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b7bcc8573ce44114aa1b20a3d85d06ac2022-12-22T03:45:44ZengEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaFonseca: Journal of Communication2172-90772018-12-0101717319110.14201/fjc20181717319116542The Feminine Monster. The Uncanny and the Construction of Motherness in FurtivosSilvia GUILLAMÓN CARRASCO0Universidad de ValenciaThe maternal figure embodies one of the most recurrent metaphors in Spanish cinema of late-Francoism and transi-tion, a metaphor that has been read as a device of social criticism towards the dictatorship. Largely due to the sym-bolic connotations that the Franco regime had projected on motherhood, it has been connected with the dictatorial past, functioning on the screen as a monstrous and uncanny personification of the Francoist repressive apparatus. Thus the maternal has become a privileged space for the deployment of film narratives that explore how power rela-tions within the family can be portrayed as a symbol of the relationship between the subject and the State. This arti-cle deals with the representation of the maternal figure in Furtivos (José Luis Borau, 1975), understood as a cultural symptom of the process to-ward the democratic transition in which Spanish society was immersed.http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/2172-9077/article/view/19554maternidadlo siniestrocine españolpsicoanálisisfeminismo. |
| spellingShingle | Silvia GUILLAMÓN CARRASCO The Feminine Monster. The Uncanny and the Construction of Motherness in Furtivos Fonseca: Journal of Communication maternidad lo siniestro cine español psicoanálisis feminismo. |
| title | The Feminine Monster. The Uncanny and the Construction of Motherness in Furtivos |
| title_full | The Feminine Monster. The Uncanny and the Construction of Motherness in Furtivos |
| title_fullStr | The Feminine Monster. The Uncanny and the Construction of Motherness in Furtivos |
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| title_short | The Feminine Monster. The Uncanny and the Construction of Motherness in Furtivos |
| title_sort | feminine monster the uncanny and the construction of motherness in furtivos |
| topic | maternidad lo siniestro cine español psicoanálisis feminismo. |
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