The Self Inside and Out: Authenticity and Disability in "Mar adentro" and "Yo, tambien"

Autor/in	Rivera-Cordero, Victoria
Titel	The Self Inside and Out: Authenticity and Disability in "Mar adentro" and "Yo, tambien"
Quelle	In: Hispania, 96 (2013) 1, S.62-70 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
DOI	10.1353/hpn.2013.0011
Schlagwörter	Spanish; Films; Disabilities; Self Concept; Ethics; Political Influences; Social Integration; Rejection (Psychology); Human Body; Attitudes toward Disabilities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spanisch; Film; Handicap; Behinderung; Selbstkonzept; Ethik; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Soziale Integration; Ablehnung; Menschlicher Körper
Abstract	Spanish filmmakers Alejandro Amenabar, Antonio Naharro, and Alvaro Pastor have recently focused on disability and personal identity by presenting the disabled subject in the foreground and by posing an array of ethical questions. This essay explores representations of disability as they appear in "Mar adentro" and "Yo, tambien" and contrasts each film's argument about human will, authenticity, and the larger political agenda of tolerance and acceptance. In Amenabar's film, disability is presented as an obstacle to personal will and identity, which, for the protagonist, must be eliminated through destruction of the body. For Pastor and Naharro, disability is a fully normal state, which need neither generate rejection nor suppose any kind of obstacle to societal integration. Disability therefore constitutes a personal identity to be embraced in this film. (Contains 17 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10