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- Title
The figure of the absent father in recent Latin American films.
- Authors
Shaw, Deborah
- Abstract
Three of the best-known Latin American films of recent times have the absent father as a cent ral figure. These are El viaje (Solanas, 1991), Central do Brash (Salles, 1998) and Amores perros (González Iñrritu, 2000). These three films represent societies where the patriarchs have fallen, masculinity is being redefined, the state is useless and young men are confronted with the challenge of facing futures without the help of fathers or their national governments. Each film argues for solidarity among people in the absence of paternal figures and an effective state: however each identifies different causes for the crisis in patriarchy and masculinity and suggests its own solutions. This paper analyses the different ways in which the theme of the absent father is explored in these films. In addition, the paper examines the relationship that the texts establish between flawed paternal models and failures of national governments, and draws attention to the visions of the future that each film represents.
- Subjects
ABSENTEE fathers; FATHERS; CUSTODY of children; FAMILY stability; MOTION pictures; LATIN Americans
- Publication
Studies in Hispanic Cinemas, 2004, Vol 1, Issue 2, p85
- ISSN
1478-0488
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/shci.1.2.85/0