The Gender of Desire: Sexuality and Morality in the Work of Pedro Almodóvar

This article discusses how, in the work of Pedro Almodóvar, characters are constituted as moral subjects through desire. First, desire is understood as the guiding principle of the characters’ actions. Second, desire appears as a structuring element of the meanings attributed to the body, gender, an...

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Main Author: Paloma Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iberoamericana / Vervuert 2018-03-01
Series:Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
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Online Access:http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2337