Abstract
The record economic growth during the last decade known as the “Peruvian Miracle” could be interpreted as the pinnacle of the neoliberal reform program implemented by president Alberto Fujimori in the 1990s. Despite Peru’s sudden economic bonanza and the expansion of its middle class, this transformation has simultaneously had a damaging impact on daily lives, marginal sectors and traditional practices. In this chapter, Díaz-Zambrana argues that the wounded male image in the films Octubre (Daniel Vega and Diego Vega, 2010) and El limpiador (Adrián Saba, 2013) depicts a symptomatic citizen whose inability to develop solidary bonds and relate to historical/cultural memory are direct consequences of the market-based society and its debilitating effect on morality, affects and history. Thus, the corrosive effect that neoliberal imperatives impose on social interactions, past traumas and cultural rituals will be displayed in both cinematic narratives through conflicted and emotionally detached male figures and the dystopic representation of urban spaces and relations.
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Díaz-Zambrana, R. (2018). Neoliberal Masculinities in Contemporary Peruvian Cinema: Octubre and El Limpiador. In: Sandberg, C., Rocha, C. (eds) Contemporary Latin American Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77010-9_3
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