Patriarchy's remains : an autopsy of Iberian cinematic dark humour / Erin K. Hogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hogan, Erin K., author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's Iberian and Latin American Cultures Series

McGill-Queen's Iberian and Latin American Cultures Series ; v.8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Spain--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Spain--History--21st century.

Patriarchy in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Analysing a series of Iberian cinematic dark comedies from the 1950s to the present day, Patriarchy's Remains argues that the cinematic trope of patriarchal death symbolises the lingering remains of a regime of patriarchy and neoliberalism that has outlived the Francisco Franco dictatorship in Spain.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: Patriarchy’s Remains

1 Franco’s Bared Death and Barefaced Humour

2 Francoism’s Patrimonial Persons: Poor Devils, Their Eves, and the Eternal Masculine

3 Patrimony’s Remains: Cultural Patrimony, Crisis, and the Carnivalesque

4 The Patriarch’s Remains: The Pater Sacer’s Bare Death and the Living Dead

5 ¿Verdugas? Leading Women and Specular Comedies of Manslaughter

Conclusion: Requiem for the Living Dead and Overture for a Future Perfect

Notes

Filmography

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-2280-2146-4

OCLC:

1429724902