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Home and Sexuality: Queering the Notions of Parenting and Space in Cachorro (2004)

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In this analysis of Cachorro (dir. Miguel Albaladejo 2004), the author proposes that the gay protagonist contests notions of what is ‘allowed’ in public and/or private spaces. As he blurs social constraints imposed on gay men, the author shows how the heteronormative, private, domestic spaces are problematized. The film portrays a link between the protagonist’s identity and development and the apartment and city he inhabits, and the character’s queering and de-queering personal space has a corresponding effect on his openness and inhibition about his homosexuality. It is by accepting his parenting role, as well as sharing with his nephew the social spaces that he inhabits, that Pedro finds a balance between both his gay identity and his father figure role.

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  1. Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA

    Adrián Gras-Velázquez

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Gras-Velázquez, A. (2017). Home and Sexuality: Queering the Notions of Parenting and Space in Cachorro (2004). In: DiFrancesco, M., Ochoa, D. (eds) Gender in Spanish Urban Spaces. Hispanic Urban Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47325-3_5

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