The body as capital : masculinities in contemporary Latin American fiction / Vinodh Venkatesh.
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TextPublisher: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (196 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816532216Subject(s): Masculinity in literature | Latin American literature -- History and criticism | Human body in literature | Sex role in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Body as capital : masculinities in contemporary Latin American fiction.DDC classification: 860.9/353 LOC classification: PQ7081 | .V429 2015Online resources: Click to View 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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index.
"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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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