Models of masculinity in Late-Francoist television fction the series Este señor de negro [That Man in Black] (Antonio Mercero, 1975-6)*

Abstract

In the days before and after the death of Francisco Franco, Spanish Television broadcast a series of thirteen chapters entitled Este Señor de Negro [That Man in Black] (Antonio Mercero, 1975-6) and starring José Luis López Vázquez. In it, the main character faces a changing society where  variations in the current hegemonic masculinity take on a particular role. This text analyzes how this television serial fction detected and represented these variations in the diegesis.