Dressing, Undressing, and Redressing: Costuming Identities in Fernando León de Aranoa's El buen patrón (2021)

Sarah Gilligan, Jacky Collins

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Abstract

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach drawing from film, fashion and cultural studies, this article examines the intersectional representation of the gendered dynamics of power, status and authority in Fernando León de Aranoa's 2021 Goya award winning corporate satire El buen patrón (The Good Boss). Through the close visual analysis of the costuming by designer Fernando García, we argue that dressing, undressing, and redressing function to visualise the ways that the illusionary stability of patriarchal power is constructed, destabilised and reconfigured in the shifting social contexts of contemporary post-Franco Spanish culture.
Original languageEnglish
JournalBulletin of Spanish Visual Studies
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 8 Jan 2025

Keywords

  • costume
  • costume analysis
  • Costume Design
  • masculinities
  • fashion
  • Javier Bardem
  • spain
  • Stardom
  • celebrity
  • cinema
  • film
  • gender
  • identities
  • menswear
  • mise-en-scene

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  • Gilligan and Collins Dressing, Undressing and Redressing Accepted article 8th Jan 2025

    Accepted author manuscript, 1.33 MB

    Embargo ends: 8/07/26

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