Cine negro y discapacidadmás allá del estereotipo
- Aparicio Sánchez, David 1
- Gómez-Vela, María 1
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Universidad de Salamanca
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ISSN: 2530-0350
Year of publication: 2012
Issue Title: Resúmenes y Abstracts de las VIII Jornadas Científicas Internacionales de Investigación sobre Discapacidad
Volume: 43
Issue: 241
Pages: 94-94
Type: Article
More publications in: Siglo Cero: Revista Española sobre Discapacidad Intelectual
Abstract
Film noir shows pessimism and cynicism unknown to date. Main character is usually solitary, isolated and outsider. In this sense there are many similarities with the representation that cinema conveys of people with disabilities. Until the arrival of classic film noir (40’s and 50’s) disabled characters in movies were usually quite stereotyped, being kind in the case of women (especially the blinds) and evil in men (with physical disabilities or hearing and language impairments). Film noir, a reflection of the nightmares of an American society in constant conflict with itself, will not follow the guidelines established by the big industry. The use of characters with some kind of disability changes dramatically: writers refuse to common stereotypes and search new plot lines based on characteristics of diverse disabilities, to provide new elements to the story. We analyze 30 films that could be included in the noir style to see how they offer new readings that foster new interpretations of disability in the plot, and also a much more realistic view of disabilities.