WGST 07 Latin American Masculinities: Politics and Literature
This course explores competing definitions of masculinity in Latin America from the 19th to the 21st centuries. We will focus on post-Independence political rhetoric and its masculinist assumptions about good governance and strong national identities. We will also explore how some literary texts critique those assumptions. Readings include political and cultural essays by authors from a range of countries (Sarmiento, Martí, Díaz, Castro, Chávez, Rama, Paz, Franco, Monsiváis); novels and short stories (by Altamirano, Gómez de Avellaneda, Borges, Arenas, Puig, Garro); sociological, psychoanalytic, and feminist theories of masculinity; and critical essays on individual narratives, authors and contexts. Dist: LIT, CI
Professor Biron
2A-hour