Debunking clichés or the evolution of models of womanhood and manhood on stage

Abstract

Theater plays can be understood as a laboratory of study of the social concerns belonging to each period and from it, some realities are both reflected and verified, which represent the society in which the texts are born. But at the same time, the dramatic works, from the very same text but especially from its staging, help understand the conflicts they present and advance to carry on down the path that is necessary to go for its solution. In this sense, in the current Spanish theater, we discover the presence and the transformation of gender identities. From the approach to some texts by Spanish authors, we will discover how these stages show the female portray model and masculinity in force, as well as the steps towards the social normalization of the different sexual identities. A comparative study of the plays allows us to compile an accurate diagnosis of the models in society at the beginning of the 21st century.

Keywords

• teatro español actual
• identidad de género
• feminidad y masculinidad
• conflictos sociales