The body as capital : masculinities in contemporary Latin American fiction / Vinodh Venkatesh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Venkatesh, Vinodh, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity in literature.

Latin American literature--History and criticism.

Latin American literature.

Human body in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The book analyzes the notion of the male body as a dialogic site of enunciation, arguing that the writing of masculinities is a project centering socioeconomic and political concerns, anxieties, and paradigms on the male anatomy and on masculinities presented in fiction, forging a new path in the critical debates over gender and sexuality in Latin American writing"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Body as Capital; Part I. New Historical Masculinities; 1. Commoditizing the Male Body in Margarita, está linda la mar; 2. Marketing Masculinities in Nadie me verá llorar; 4. Queer(ing) Masculinities as the Dictator Falls; 3. Political Masculinities in La fiesta del Chivo; Part II. Lyrical Readings and the Deterritorialization of Masculinities; 5. Defining the Literary OST; 6. Lyrical Epistemologies and Masculine Desire; 7. Homosocial Dynamics and the Spatiality of Seduction; 8. Franz Galich's Managua, Rock City

Part III. Novel and Transnational Masculinities 9. Glocalized Masculinities of the Barrio Alto; 10. Materializing the Penis; 11. Challenging Novel Masculinities; Conclusion: Of Tropes and Men; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3221-4

OCLC:

933516719