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Murder and masculinity : violent fictions of twentieth century Latin America / Rebecca E. Biron. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Biron, Rebecca E., 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Latin American fiction.
- Politics and literature--Latin America.
- Politics and literature.
- Violence in literature.
- Masculinity in literature.
- Latin American fiction--History and criticism--20th century--Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Murder and masculinity: an introduction
- 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 maça no escuro
- Genre, violence, and the mystery of masculinity: Manuel Puig's The Buenos Aires affair
- Revolution as matricide, patricide, suicide: Reinaldo Arenas's El asalto
- Murder and masculinity: another look
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-175) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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