An edition of Murder and masculinity
(2000)
Murder and masculinity
violent fictions of twentieth century Latin America
1st ed.
by Rebecca E. Biron
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This book analyses the cliché of proving virility through violence against women. The author develops her argument through close readings of five works: Jorge Luis Borges's 'La intrusa', Armonia Somer's 'El despojo', Clarice Lispector's A maga no Escuro,Manuel Puig's The Buenos Aires Affair, and Reinaldo Arenas's El asalto.
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Murder and masculinity: violent fictions of twentieth century Latin America
2000, Vanderbilt University Press
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0826513425 9780826513427
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Murder and masculinity: violent fictions of twentieth-century Latin America
2000, Liverpool University Press
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Table of Contents
Murder and masculinity
Telling secrets of brotherly love : Jorge Luis Borges's "La intrusa"
Fantasies of erotic domination : Armonía Somers's "El despojo"
Crime and punishment reconsidered : Clarice Lispector's A maçã no escuro
Genre, violence, and the mystery of masculinity : Manuel Puig's The Buenos Aires affair
Revolutionary matricide, patricide, suicide : Reinaldo Arenas's El asalto
Murder and masculinity : an other look.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-175) and index.
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