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Author:

Swier, Patricia Lapolla.

Title:

Hybrid nations : gender troping and the emergence of bigendered subjects in Latin American narrative / Patricia Lapolla Swier.

Publisher:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

229 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Spanish American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Spanish American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Gender identity in literature.
Sex role in literature.
National characteristics, Latin American, in literature.
Martí, José,--1853-1895.--Amistad funesta.
Gallegos, Rómulo,--1884-1969.--Doña Bárbara.
Asturias, Miguel Angel.--Señor presidente.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.213-223) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Who's on top? nation building and the gendered struggle for power -- Walking the tightrope : negotiating masculinity in an age of modernity -- Feminizing the Other : forging a national identity in José Martí's Chronicles and Essays -- Unveiling the mask of modernity in Amistad funesta -- Loosening the grips of hegemony through narrative : gender troping in Doña Bárbara and El Señor Presidente -- "Transgendering" and the emergence of ambiguously constructed subjects in Doña Bárbara -- Ecriture feminine and feminine imagery in El Señor Presidente -- Conclusion : Bigendered Nations.

ISBN:

0838642098
9780838642092 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)311310096

LCCN:

2009007100

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)