Hispanic (LGT) Masculinities in Transition: 4 (Masculinity Studies: Literary and Cultural Representations) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1433124106 ISBN 13: 9781433124105

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2014

Synopsis

The objective of Hispanic (LGT) Masculinities in Transition is to investigate the cultural representations/intersections of masculinity and sexual minorities (lesbians, gays, and transgenders) in Spain between the passing of the Law of Social Dangerousness and Social Rehabilitation (1970) and the reform of the Penal Code in 1995. In order to meet this aim, this volume analyzes the artistic production of a number of Spanish and Latin American male and female individuals who, first, were able to question the structures of control and domination in Spain in the last years of Franco’s dictatorship; second, were able to open up new horizons of freedom in the context of the criminalization of the previous decades; and, third, were able to bring about new models of masculinity that were more egalitarian during the first years of the new democracy.
More specifically, Hispanic (LGT) Masculinities in Transition will interlink the fields of political and historical change and artistic production in order to assess whether cultural representations can be understood as mere reflections of social and political change. In terms of the materials being examined, these are, in the first instance, literary, although other narratives are also addressed (filmic production and plastic arts). This volume is essential reading for professors and students of contemporary Spanish history and culture, as well as for those interested in lesbian, gay, transgender, and masculinity issues.

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About the Author

Rafael M. Mérida-Jiménez holds a PhD in Spanish literature and is Serra Húnter Associate Professor of Hispanic Literatures at the Universitat de Lleida (Spain). He has published many academic works on Spanish and Catalan literatures from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century, including Fuera de la orden de natura (2001), El gran libro de las brujas (2004), La aventura de «Tirant lo Blanch» y de «Tirante el Blanco» (2007), Damas, santas y pecadoras (2008), and Cuerpos desordenados (2009). He has also edited Sexualidades transgresoras (2002), Manifiestos gays, lesbianos y queer (2009), and Minorías sexuales en España (2013).

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433124106
• ISBN 13: 9781433124105
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Mérida-Jiménez Rafael M.