Gender Stereotyping of the Image of Women in Cinematography During the Regime of F. Franco

The purpose of the article is to analyze gender stereotypes in the depiction of female images and the use of female physicality for the purpose of forming new sex-role models. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, multifactoriality and objective knowledge. At the theoretical level of research, analytical, synthetic methods and abstraction were applied; methodological techniques of comparison, grouping of individual elements of the phenomenon according to a certain criterion are used. The methods of general scientific research were used to write the article: system-structural, periodization method, retrospective, historical-genetic. The scientific novelty consists in the application of a gender approach to the analysis of the stereotyping of the depiction of female images and physicality in the cinema of Spain during the F. Franco regime. Conclusions. The results of the research allow us to draw a conclusion about the widespread use of gender stereotypes in the depiction of female physicality in cinema, as well as the specifics of the demonstration of female images and the use of clichés depending on the stages of activity of F. Franko's regime. Characteristic features of the first period of the Francoist regime were militarism, nationalism, and the concept of the "Crusade against Communism." In the cinema, this was expressed through strict censorship regarding the depiction of female physicality. The specificity of the autarky period was an appeal to history, religion and patriotism. Women who embodied "true Spanish virtues" on the movie screens had to look and behave modestly, within the framework of generally accepted norms. Looseness, revealing clothes, bright makeup and other attributes of the eroticization of the female image served as markers of danger. But at the end of this period, a departure from the strict framework began as a result of the changes that took place in society. At the last stage of F. Franko's regime, almost all spheres of life were liberalized. During this period, the pressure of censorship significantly decreased, clichés and gender stereotypes of previous periods lost their relevance, instead, new female images appeared in cinema. New means of expression appeared in movie plots, and the depiction of female physicality was freed from former strict restrictions and corresponded to pan-European trends.