Fear and Gendering

Pedophobia, Effeminophobia, and Hypermasculine Desire in the Work of Juan Goytisolo
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8204-4196-2
Verlag: Peter Lang

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 460 g

Reihe: Wor(l)ds of Change: Latin American and Iberian Literature

Fear and Gendering addresses the interaction of phobia, gender, and reproduction in a representative cross-section of work by the iconoclastic contemporary Spanish novelist, Juan Goytisolo. This book asks how fear - of effeminacy and of childishness - works as an organizing principle in the evolution of Goytisolo’s prose. The nexus of fear, desire, and reproduction is examined in Reivindicación del Conde don Julián (1970), Makbara (1980), La cuarentena (1991), and Cuaderno de Sarajevo (1993). Through an unprecedented reading of Goytisolo’s juvenilia, the study adopts an interrogative approach to the novelist’s account of discrete adult and puerile identities. Informed by a lively attention to recent work in the field of cultural studies, Fear and Gendering looks afresh at some of Goytisolo’s best and lesser known works.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prout, Ryan

Über Autor(innen)

The Author: Ryan Prout is a graduate of the University of St. Andrews and of the University of Cambridge, where he completed his Ph.D. His writing on the contemporary novel from Mexico, documentary representations of Cuba, and gender and ethics in Spanish film, has appeared in a number of scholarly journals. Dr. Prout has contributed reviews and interviews to a variety of magazines.