La homosexualidad bajo el cine franquista: represión, censura y estrategias de representación

Abstract

The representation of sexual minorities has become one of the most prolific fields of contemporary film studies. As yet, little is known of the Spanish case, despite recent contributions. This article studies the strategies of repression of homosexuality in Francoist cinema, and analyses the complexities of these studies. The first section focuses on censorship and introduces archival work. Later, a number of comedies are studied in order to analyse the strategies of homosexual representation in cinema.