Reconstruction of memories and recognition of care work in 'Nedar' and 'A metamorfose dos pássaros'

Recently, Spanish and Portuguese female filmmakers have shown an increasing interest in reconstructing family memories and unveiling its secrets, being the third generation after the far-right dictatorships that ruled both Iberian countries during almost half of the past century. Francoism and Sala...

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Main Author: Laura Caballero Rabanal
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Language:English
Published: Universidade do Minho 2024-12-01
Series:2i Revista de Estudos de Identidade e Intermedialidade
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Online Access:https://revistas.uminho.pt/index.php/2i/article/view/5825
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description Recently, Spanish and Portuguese female filmmakers have shown an increasing interest in reconstructing family memories and unveiling its secrets, being the third generation after the far-right dictatorships that ruled both Iberian countries during almost half of the past century. Francoism and Salazarism promoted a model of State and family based on the traditional nuclear family with strict gender roles. By analyzing two autoethnographic documentary films, Nedar (2008), by Catalan director Carla Subirana, and A Metamorfose dos Pássaros (2020), by Portuguese filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos, whose protagonists are the creators’ grandmothers, this paper seeks to explore how these two films not only retrieve family and national memories, but also how they challenge the family patterns dictated by both dictatorships, placing life and care work at the center.
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spelling doaj-art-61817177ce3e4da1bbc3ac4eb6e576fa2025-08-20T02:52:51ZengUniversidade do Minho2i Revista de Estudos de Identidade e Intermedialidade2184-70102024-12-0161010.21814/2i.5825Reconstruction of memories and recognition of care work in 'Nedar' and 'A metamorfose dos pássaros'Laura Caballero Rabanal Recently, Spanish and Portuguese female filmmakers have shown an increasing interest in reconstructing family memories and unveiling its secrets, being the third generation after the far-right dictatorships that ruled both Iberian countries during almost half of the past century. Francoism and Salazarism promoted a model of State and family based on the traditional nuclear family with strict gender roles. By analyzing two autoethnographic documentary films, Nedar (2008), by Catalan director Carla Subirana, and A Metamorfose dos Pássaros (2020), by Portuguese filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos, whose protagonists are the creators’ grandmothers, this paper seeks to explore how these two films not only retrieve family and national memories, but also how they challenge the family patterns dictated by both dictatorships, placing life and care work at the center. https://revistas.uminho.pt/index.php/2i/article/view/5825FrancoismSalazarismnuclear familycare workmemory
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Reconstruction of memories and recognition of care work in 'Nedar' and 'A metamorfose dos pássaros'
2i Revista de Estudos de Identidade e Intermedialidade
Francoism
Salazarism
nuclear family
care work
memory
title Reconstruction of memories and recognition of care work in 'Nedar' and 'A metamorfose dos pássaros'
title_full Reconstruction of memories and recognition of care work in 'Nedar' and 'A metamorfose dos pássaros'
title_fullStr Reconstruction of memories and recognition of care work in 'Nedar' and 'A metamorfose dos pássaros'
title_full_unstemmed Reconstruction of memories and recognition of care work in 'Nedar' and 'A metamorfose dos pássaros'
title_short Reconstruction of memories and recognition of care work in 'Nedar' and 'A metamorfose dos pássaros'
title_sort reconstruction of memories and recognition of care work in nedar and a metamorfose dos passaros
topic Francoism
Salazarism
nuclear family
care work
memory
url https://revistas.uminho.pt/index.php/2i/article/view/5825
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