El manitas y la Penélope de 1969: Bricolaje y división sexual del trabajo doméstico en España (1950-1985)

Francisco Jiménez Aguilar

doi:10.70794/hs.116951

Authors

Francisco Jiménez Aguilar Universidad de Málaga https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6194-5089

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70794/hs.116951

Keywords:

DIY, Spain, Feminism, Masculinities, Housework, Do-it-yourself

Abstract

This article explores the transformation in the gendered division of domestic labor in Spain during the Franco regime and the democratic transition, using DIY (do-it-yourself) culture. The study demonstrates the enduring presence of androcentrism, sexism, and familialism embedded in this leisure activity, as manifested in the construction of hegemonic masculinities and femininities across mass media, advertising, and bricolage publications. Simultaneously, it recovers feminist critiques —both internal and external to DIY culture— that exposed the persistence of gender hierarchies and stereotypes, thereby contributing to the articulation of more egalitarian social relations.

Author Biography

Francisco Jiménez Aguilar, Universidad de Málaga

Assistant Professor of History of Science at the University of Malaga. International Doctorate in History and Arts from the University of Granada (2021) with Special Doctorate Award. He has been a CIAPOS postdoctoral researcher at the University Institute for Gender Studies Research at the University of Alicante, a Juan de la Cierva-Formación researcher in the Department of Contemporary History at the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, and a visiting researcher at the University of Sheffield. His research has focused on the history of gender and the far right, in particular, the study of masculinities in Franco's dictatorship, anti-feminism, and new far-right parties and movements in Spain. He is the author of Masculinidades en vertical. Género, nación y trabajo en el primer franquismo (PUV, 2023).