Masculinity after Trujillo : the politics of gender in Dominican literature / Maja Horn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horn, Maja.

Contributor:

Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dominican literature--History and criticism.

Dominican literature.

Masculinity--Dominican Republic.

Masculinity.

Masculinity in literature.

Gender identity--Dominican Republic.

Gender identity.

Men--Dominican Republic--Psychology.

Men.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chronicles the way hyper-masculinity has permeated a wide swath of Dominican culture over the past century, demonstrating how modern attitudes toward masculinity were informed by and evolved from the U.S. military occupation of the island, through Trujillo's dictatorship, and into the manifestations in the present day.

Contents:

Introduction: The politics of gender in the Caribbean

De-tropicalizing the Trujillo dictatorship and Dominican masculinity

One phallus for another: post-dictatorship political and literary canons

Engendering resistance: Hilma Contreras's counternarratives

Still loving Papi: globalized dominican subjectivities in the novels of Rita Indiana Hernández

How not to read Junot Díaz: diasporic Dominican masculinity and its returns

Conclusion.

Notes:

"This book is a part of the Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture publication initiative, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5012-X

0-8130-4899-0

OCLC:

865578974