Murder and masculinity
first published 2000 Vanderbilt University Press, 2000 181 pages
This book analyses the cliché of proving virility through violence against women. The author develops her argument through close readings of five works: Jorge Luis Borges's 'La intrusa', Armonia Somer's 'El despojo', Clarice Lispector's A maga no Escuro,Manuel Puig's The Buenos Aires Affair, and Reinaldo Arenas's El asalto.
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