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Author:

Biron, Rebecca E., 1964-

Title:

Murder and masculinity : violent fictions of twentieth-century Latin America / Rebecca E. Biron.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Vanderbilt University Press,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

181 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Latin American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Politics and literature--Latin America.
Violence in literature.
Masculinity in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-175) and index.

Contents:

Murder and masculinity: an introduction -- Telling secrets of brotherly love: Jorge Luis Borges's "La intrusa" -- Fantasies of erotic domination: Armonía Somers's "El despojo" -- Crime and punishment reconsidered: Clarice Lispector's A maçā no escuro -- Genre, violence, and the mystery of masculinity: Manuel Puig's The Buenos Aires affair -- Revolutionary matricide, patricide, suicide: Reinaldo Arenas's El asalto -- Murder and masculinity: an other look.

ISBN:

9780826513427 (alk. paper)
0826513425 (alk. paper)
9780826513472 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0826513476 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41400659

LCCN:

99006497

Locations:

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

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

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)