All About Almodo var s Men

The interest for this volume lies in that it is the first time that the study of man is addressed in the cinema of Almodóvar from a broad, comprehensive and complementary perspective.

Pedro Almodóvar is an internationally acclaimed Spanish director. The national and international fascination over Almodóvar's cinema lies in his ability to reflect the problems of contemporary society, his lucidity in combining the urban and the rural, his ability to express the frustrations of modern man, as well as his freshness and spontaneity. Although the vast majority of studies on this Spanish director have focused on women and the gay world, his films are crowded with many types and archetypes of heterosexual men. This groundbreaking edited volume studies the men in the cinema of Almodóvar from a broad yet comprehensive and complementary perspective. Each chapter of All About Almodóvar's Men methodically dissects these male characterstheir misery and their greatness, their frustrations and their desiresoffering a kaleidoscopic view of man that goes beyond the narrow framework in which many studies have locked the rich cinema of Almodóvar.

Autorentext

Juan Rey prepared his doctoral thesis "The representation of masculinity in advertising discourse" at the School of Social Communications of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan (Italy) and defended it at the University of Seville (Spain). He was the recipient of the Extraordinary Doctorate Award.

Inhalt

Juan Rey: The Multifaceted Man in the Cinema of Almódovar Salomé Sola-Morales: The Villanous Man: Evil as the Incarnation of Masculinity Mónica Barrientos-Bueno: The Seductive Man: The Long Shadow of Don Juan Luis Alfonso Guadarrama Rico/Jannet Valero Vilchis: The Tormented Man: Crisis of Male Hegemonic Imperatives Lorena López-Font/Carlos Fanjul-Peyró/Cristina González-Oñate: Queer Masculinities: Evolution of Homosexual, Transsexual, and Queer Characters Víctor Hernández-Santaolalla/Javier Lozano Delmar: The (Anti)Caring Man: Exploring Care and Protection in Masculinity Roles Antonio Molina Flores: The Invisible Man: Nothing About My Father Manuel Garrido-Lora: The Violent Man: Aggressiveness as a Masculine Quality Alberto Hermida/Sergio Cobo-Durán: The Son: From Corporeal Representation to the Indelible Memory Adrián Huici Módenes: The Liquid Man: Between the Old and the Postmodern Lucía Caro-Castaño/David Selva-Ruiz The Satyr Man: (Hetero)Sexual Male Activity Francisco Javier Gómez-Pérez/José Patricio Pérez-Rufí: The Castrated Man: Between Physical and Mental Disability María del Mar Ramírez Alvarado: The National Man: The Iberian Macho Juan J. Vargas-Iglesias: The Absent Man: Male Void as Dramatic Causality Juan J. Vargas-Iglesias: The Cinema of Almodóvar as a Rhizome Almodóvar's Filmography Notes on Contributors.