Now Playing: Redefining Representations of Masculinity and Mexican Identity and Mexican Identity in Sólo con tu Pareja (1991)

Abstract

There is a lack of scholarship that applies Masculinity, Intersectionality and Queer theory within Chicana/o Latina/o film studies. Secondly, there has also been a lack of attention and insufficient understanding of the period of Mexican cinema known as El Nuevo Cine Mexicano (The New Mexican Cinema). This period of cinema is crucial in redefining and establishing new ways of looking at Mexican national identity, also known as Mexicanidad. This is evidenced specifically by one of several productions within this time period that redefined cultural representation of Mexicanidad: Alfonso Cuarón’s debut feature Sólo con tu Pareja (1991). Through a close reading of the film, analyses of the economic and political climate of Mexico, film reviews and newspaper articles, I demonstrate how Cuarón’s directorial debut renegotiates Mexican cultural identity. My research seeks to contribute further the scholarship that implements the lenses of Masculinity, Intersectionality and Queer theory within Chicana/o Latina/o studies, Mexican film, Gender, and Sexuality studies, Cultural studies and Queer studies.