Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dx.doi.org/10.25595/64
Author(s)
Knauss, Stefanie
Journal Title
Freiburger Zeitschrift für GeschlechterStudien
Year of publication
2015
Volume
21
Issue number
1
Page reference
11-26
Language
englisch
Abstract
Pedro Almodóvar’s reappropriations of religious concepts and motifs (especially of Catholicism) frequently provide the focal point for his critique of both the religious establishment and gender norms grounded in religion and reinforced in society. Tracing Almodóvar’s critical and transformative representation of the central Christian concept of love in his cinema, in particular through the analysis of three films “about love”, Law of Desire, Live Flesh, and Volver, this paper shows that the materialization of this concept in Almodóvar’s oeuvre goes beyond the citation of preconceived ideas, and represents the emergence of a new vision of love, potentially transformative of individuals and societies.
Subject
Liebe
Begehren
Queer
Christentum
Film
Kino
Pedro Almodóvar
Das Gesetz der Begierde
Live Flesh - Mit Haut und Haar
Volver - Zurückkehren
Begehren
Queer
Christentum
Film
Kino
Pedro Almodóvar
Das Gesetz der Begierde
Live Flesh - Mit Haut und Haar
Volver - Zurückkehren
Publication type
Zeitschriftenartikel
Cooperation
Diese Publikation wird zur Verfügung gestellt in Kooperation mit dem Verlag Barbara Budrich.
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