The construction of motherhood in contemporary series: the case of The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017)

In this paper, we study contemporary series with a feminist perspective. We will analyze the construction of the image of women based on the development of motherhood in The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017). The concept of motherhood is a fundamental axis of the construction of women in the audiovi...

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Autores principales: Aguirre, Constanza M., Golfieri, Antonella
Formato: Artículo revista
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Publicado: Editorial de la Facultad de Artes 2024
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maternidad
series
feminismos
The Handmaid’s Tale
motherhood
feminism
The Handmaid's Tale
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/45497
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spelling I10-R310-article-454972024-07-05T16:39:37Z The construction of motherhood in contemporary series: the case of The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017) La construcción de la maternidad en la serialidad contemporánea: el caso de The Handmaid’s Tale (HULU, 2017) Aguirre, Constanza M. Golfieri, Antonella maternidad series feminismos The Handmaid’s Tale motherhood series feminism The Handmaid's Tale In this paper, we study contemporary series with a feminist perspective. We will analyze the construction of the image of women based on the development of motherhood in The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017). The concept of motherhood is a fundamental axis of the construction of women in the audiovisual. Feminisms understand it as a mandate by which the hegemonic heterosexual sex-gender system arbitrarily distinguishes the sexual roles and practices that are socially attributed to the male and female genders as natural attributes (Preciado, 2011). We propose that this series, in English, with acclaimed actresses and actors in the American film industry and distributed by powerful platforms (HULU, Paramount, Flow), constructs images of women who stage stereotypical gender roles that the feminist agenda points out as commonplaces to be reviewed and criticized. These characters embody different ways of understanding and practicing motherhood that coexist (not without contradictions) in our time and that involve debates both outside and inside feminisms, so that the series can become a space for channeling and vehiculating these debates. En esta ponencia, nos proponemos hacer un estudio de series contemporáneas con perspectiva feminista. Analizaremos la construcción de la imagen de la mujer a partir del abordaje de la maternidad en la serie The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017). El concepto de maternidad es un eje fundamental de la construcción de la mujer en el audiovisual y los feminismos la entienden como un mandato clave por el cual el sistema sexo-género heterosexual hegemónico distingue de manera arbitraria los roles y las prácticas sexuales que socialmente se atribuyen a los géneros masculino y femenino como atributos naturales (Preciado, 2011). Proponemos que esta serie, en inglés, con actrices y actores consagradxs en la industria cinematográfica norteamericana y distribuida por plataformas de gran alcance (HULU, Paramount, Flow), construye imágenes de mujeres que recuperan y escenifican roles de género estereotipados que la agenda feminista señala como lugares comunes a revisar y criticar. Estos personajes encarnan distintos modos de entender y practicar la maternidad que conviven (no sin contradicciones) en nuestra época y que implican debates tanto fuera como dentro de los feminismos, de modo que las series pueden llegar a constituir un espacio de canalización y vehiculización de estos debates. Editorial de la Facultad de Artes 2024-07-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Double-Blind Peer Review Paper Artículo revisados por pares (doble ciego) application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/45497 ark:/s27186555/ri95m1kah Avances; Núm. 33 (2024); 19-36 2718-6555 1667-927X ark:/s27186555/iya9xw89g spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/45497/45642 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/45497/45548 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/45497/45547 Derechos de autor 2024 Constanza M. Aguirre, Antonella Golfieri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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series
feminismos
The Handmaid’s Tale
motherhood
series
feminism
The Handmaid's Tale
spellingShingle maternidad
series
feminismos
The Handmaid’s Tale
motherhood
series
feminism
The Handmaid's Tale
Aguirre, Constanza M.
Golfieri, Antonella
The construction of motherhood in contemporary series: the case of The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017)
topic_facet maternidad
series
feminismos
The Handmaid’s Tale
motherhood
series
feminism
The Handmaid's Tale
author Aguirre, Constanza M.
Golfieri, Antonella
author_facet Aguirre, Constanza M.
Golfieri, Antonella
author_sort Aguirre, Constanza M.
title The construction of motherhood in contemporary series: the case of The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017)
title_short The construction of motherhood in contemporary series: the case of The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017)
title_full The construction of motherhood in contemporary series: the case of The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017)
title_fullStr The construction of motherhood in contemporary series: the case of The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017)
title_full_unstemmed The construction of motherhood in contemporary series: the case of The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017)
title_sort construction of motherhood in contemporary series: the case of the handmaid's tale (hulu, 2017)
description In this paper, we study contemporary series with a feminist perspective. We will analyze the construction of the image of women based on the development of motherhood in The Handmaid's Tale (HULU, 2017). The concept of motherhood is a fundamental axis of the construction of women in the audiovisual. Feminisms understand it as a mandate by which the hegemonic heterosexual sex-gender system arbitrarily distinguishes the sexual roles and practices that are socially attributed to the male and female genders as natural attributes (Preciado, 2011). We propose that this series, in English, with acclaimed actresses and actors in the American film industry and distributed by powerful platforms (HULU, Paramount, Flow), constructs images of women who stage stereotypical gender roles that the feminist agenda points out as commonplaces to be reviewed and criticized. These characters embody different ways of understanding and practicing motherhood that coexist (not without contradictions) in our time and that involve debates both outside and inside feminisms, so that the series can become a space for channeling and vehiculating these debates.
publisher Editorial de la Facultad de Artes
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url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/45497
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