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Portrayals of Caring Masculinities in Fiction Film: The Male Caregiver in Still Mine, Intouchables and Nebraska

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    Identifier: PC:3360
    Authors:
    Araüna, N.Tortajada, I.Willem, C.
    Abstract:
    Sota llicència Creative Commons. Disponible en obert a la pàgina web de la revista: http://www.hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/mcs/article/view/2749/pdf
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Araüna, N.; Tortajada, I.; Willem, C.
    Department: Estudis de Comunicació
    URV's Author/s: ARAÜNA BARO, NURIA; TORTAJADA GIMENEZ, YOLANDA; WILLEM , CILIA MARGARETA MICHAEL
    Keywords: masculinitats Cinema Gènere Etica de los cuidados masculinidades Cine gender perspective on the construction of masculinities film studies Caring practices and culture
    Abstract: This article analyzes the male caregiving characters Driss in Intouchables (2011), Craig in Still Mine (2012) and David in Nebraska (2013) in terms of hegemonic masculinity and its variations (Connell, 1990; Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005). Caregiving is a complex social situation normally assumed within kinship relationships, and traditionally attributed to women. We briefly review feminist analysis of caregiving since the 1970s (Fine & Glendinning, 2005), and use critical studies on men and masculinities to show that the uptaking of caring tasks by men would and is contributing to equality between women and men (Elliott, 2015). We have looked at the portrayal of the male caregivers in these films, and if and how they challenge hegemonic masculinity in terms of positive experiences. Our findings show that despite the tension men experience between giving in to and challenging patriarchal privilege of a carefree life, strategies such as humour, complicity, outdoor action and a general concern for the dignity of the care-receiver can be identified as some of these features of (imagined) caring masculinities and open new spaces for defining care as a gender neutral activity.
    Research group: ASTERISC. Grup de Recerca en Comunicació
    Thematic Areas: C. informació i comunicació C. información y comunicación
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Keyword in other language: cura preventiva i integral Feminisme Medios audiovisuales y socialización
    ISSN: 2014-3605
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-1997-2833; 0000-0002-9310-652X; 0000-0002-8272-498X
    Record's date: 2018-05-15
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/mcs/article/view/2749/pdf
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.17583/MCS.2018.2749
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2018
    Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
  • Keywords:

    Cinema
    Cuidadors
    masculinitats
    Cinema
    Gènere
    Etica de los cuidados
    masculinidades
    Cine
    gender perspective on the construction of masculinities
    film studies
    Caring practices and culture
    C. informació i comunicació
    C. información y comunicación
    2014-3605
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