Macho Ethics Masculinity and SelfRepresentation in LatinoCaribbean Narrative by Jason Corts
Brand: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Product Description
Masculinity is not a monolithic phenomenon but a historically discontinuous onea fabrication as it were of given cultural circumstances. Because of its opacity and instability masculinity like more recognizable systems of oppression resists discernibility. In Macho Ethics Masculinity and SelfRepresentation in LatinoCaribbean Narrative Jason Cortes seeks to reveal the inner workings of masculinity in the narrative prose of four major Caribbean authors the Cuban Severo Sarduy the Dominican American Junot Diaz and the Puerto Ricans Luis Rafael Sanchez and Edgardo Rodriguez Julia. By exploring the relationship between ethics and authority the legacies of colonial violence the figure of the dictator the macho and the dandy the logic of the Archive the presence of Oscar Wilde and notions of trauma and mourning Macho Ethics fills a gap surrounding issues of power and masculinity within the Caribbean context and draws attention to what frequently remains invisible and unspoken. show more
Condition : New
Author : Jason Corts
Weight : 528.69
Publisher : Globe Pequot Publishing Group IncBloomsbury
Language : English
EAN : 9781611486377
ISBN10 : 1611486378
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20140929
Place of Publication : Cranbury United States
Pagination : 160
Dimensions : 163 X 240 X 18mm