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Feminine resistances: The figure of the Republican woman in Carolina Astudillo's documentary cinema

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    Identifier: imarina:6013992
    Authors:
    Quilez Esteve, Laia
    Abstract:
    Since the early years of democracy in Spain, the figure of the Republican woman has been recovered, rehabilitated and reclaimed (albeit somewhat tepidly and as a minor part of the narrative) in documentaries as well as in fictional films. In terms of documentary, however, the filmography of Carolina Astudillo stands out. Astudillo is the author of several short films and a feature-length film in which she defends the importance of the role that women played in the Civil War, the rear-guard and the anti-Francoist resistance. This article seeks to analyse, from the perspective of gender, her film El gran vuelo/The Great Flight (2014) with the aim of showing the ways in which the documentarian - using the story of Clara Pueyo Jornet, a communist militant who disappeared in 1943 - gives shape to the memory of all women who disappeared without trace. We seek to show how Astudillo develops a case against the gender discrimination that continues to dominate the imaginary of the Civil War, and at the same time reflect on the imbrication of biography and history, past and present, memory and forgetting.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Quilez Esteve, Laia
    Department: Estudis de Comunicació
    URV's Author/s: Quílez Esteve, Laia
    Keywords: Republican women Gender analysis Francoism Feminism Documentary cinema Civil war
    Abstract: Since the early years of democracy in Spain, the figure of the Republican woman has been recovered, rehabilitated and reclaimed (albeit somewhat tepidly and as a minor part of the narrative) in documentaries as well as in fictional films. In terms of documentary, however, the filmography of Carolina Astudillo stands out. Astudillo is the author of several short films and a feature-length film in which she defends the importance of the role that women played in the Civil War, the rear-guard and the anti-Francoist resistance. This article seeks to analyse, from the perspective of gender, her film El gran vuelo/The Great Flight (2014) with the aim of showing the ways in which the documentarian - using the story of Clara Pueyo Jornet, a communist militant who disappeared in 1943 - gives shape to the memory of all women who disappeared without trace. We seek to show how Astudillo develops a case against the gender discrimination that continues to dominate the imaginary of the Civil War, and at the same time reflect on the imbrication of biography and history, past and present, memory and forgetting.
    Thematic Areas: Multidisciplinar Información y documentación General o multidisciplinar Cultural studies Communication
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: laia.quilez@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-6696-2569
    Record's date: 2024-06-28
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/cjcs/2016/00000008/00000001/art00006
    Papper original source: Catalan Journal Of Communication & Cultural Studies. 8 (1): 79-93
    APA: Quilez Esteve, Laia (2016). Feminine resistances: The figure of the Republican woman in Carolina Astudillo's documentary cinema. Catalan Journal Of Communication & Cultural Studies, 8(1), 79-93. DOI: 10.1386/cjcs.8.1.79_1
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1386/cjcs.8.1.79_1
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2016
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Communication,Cultural Studies
    Republican women
    Gender analysis
    Francoism
    Feminism
    Documentary cinema
    Civil war
    Multidisciplinar
    Información y documentación
    General o multidisciplinar
    Cultural studies
    Communication
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