Embodied female experience and haptic perception in O Corno (The Rye Horn) by Jaione Camborda
Mourenza, Daniel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Comunicació Audiovisual i Publicitat)

Data:	2025
Descripció:	17 pàg.
Resum:	This article explores the representation of women's embodied experiences in the Galician film O Corno (The Rye Horn), winner of the 2023 San Sebastián International Film Festival. Directed by Jaione Camborda, the film is part of the Novo Cinema Galego movement. Set in 1971 on the Illa de Arousa, the narrative follows María, a shellfish factory worker who also serves as a midwife and abortionist. I argue that the film prioritizes a sensorial and bodily-oriented mise-en-scène over more conventional forms of representation based on optical perception. Using feminist film phenomenology, this article examines the physicality and corporeality highlighted by critics, understanding the aesthetic reception encouraged by the film through concepts such as embodied spectatorship and haptic images. The film pays special attention to the embodied experiences of women in vulnerable states, such as childbirth and abortion, emphasizing their need for a social support network. In this article, I analyze and discuss the use of image and sound to enhance the sensuous perception of the characters' embodied experiences of pregnancy, sex and care.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Matèria:	Novo Cinema Galego ; Spanish women filmmakers ; Film phenomenology ; Haptics ; Embodied spectatorship
Publicat a:	Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Vol. 26 Núm. 1 (2025) , p. 113- 129, ISSN 1469-9818

DOI: 10.1080/14636204.2025.2458463

Disponible a partir de: 2026-08-17 Postprint

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