An estranged gaze at the world of work

La mano invisible (Isaac Rosa 2011; David Macián 2016)

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ID12936140
AuthorsCarmina Gustrán Loscos (0000-0002-4564-5801, ISNI: 0000000104627212 Newcastle University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume33
Issue1
Pages41-59
Publication date2020-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Iberian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1758-9150 • E-ISSN: 1364-971X
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/ijis_00010_1
OpenAlexW3033160504
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

This article analyses the unusual representation of work and workers in the novel La mano invisible (Isaac Rosa 2011) and its cinematic version (David Macián 2016). It explores how Rosa and Macián challenge the hegemonic invisibility of labour and labourers in the collective imagination of Spanish society by materializing not only the invisible hand of the workers behind the production of commodities and the supply of services, but also the invisible hand behind labour relations in a neo-liberal society. These representations are also analysed in their context of production and reception: post-industrial Europe and, more specifically, post-2008 crisis Spain

Art · Art history · Context (archaeology · Gaze · Hegemony · Invisibility · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Representation (politics · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Spanish Culture and Identity

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