Call them by their name: Affective masculinities in Call Me by Your Name

  1. Stef Barozzi 1
  2. Gerardo Rodríguez Salas 1
  3. Adelina Sánchez Espinosa 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Revue:
ReiDoCrea: Revista electrónica de investigación y docencia creativa

ISSN: 2254-5883

Année de publication: 2022

Volumen: 11

Pages: 763-775

Type: Article

DOI: 10.30827/DIGIBUG.78584 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

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Résumé

This paper explores the movie Call Me by Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017), based on its homonymous novel (André Aciman, 2007), concentrating on the analysis of two young men (Elio and Oliver) as well as Elio’s father. Our attempt is to elucidate whether these characters represent types of masculinities that we would like to describe as affective. The theoretical background is inspired by Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities (CSMM) and its intersection with feminist and queer studies. This is followed by discussions of aspects of the film adaptation related to masculinities, particularly in regard to the interpretation and questioning of the ‘gay’ subgenre (in films and novels), as well as the representation of gender and sexual identities in popular cinema, including Call Me by Your Name. As a result, five scenes from the movie will be critically analysed in order to describe the three men mentioned above as examples of affective masculinities.

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