The Resource Masculinity after Trujillo : the politics of gender in Dominican literature, Maja Horn
Masculinity after Trujillo : the politics of gender in Dominican literature, Maja Horn
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- Summary
- Any observer of Dominican political and literary discourse will quickly notice how certain notions of hyper-masculinity permeate the culture. Many critics will attribute this to an outgrowth of "traditional" Latin American patriarchal culture. Masculinity after Trujillo demonstrates why they are mistaken. In this extraordinary work, Maja Horn argues that this common Dominican attitude became ingrained during the dictatorship (1930-61) of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, as well as through the U.S. military occupation that preceded it. Where previous studies have focused mainly on Spanish colonialism and the controversial sharing of the island with Haiti, Horn emphasizes the underexamined and lasting influence of U.S. imperialism and how it prepared the terrain for Trujillo's hyperbolic language of masculinity. She also demonstrates how later attempts to emasculate the image of Trujillo often reproduced the same masculinist ideology popularized by his government. By using the lens of gender politics, Horn enables readers to reconsider the ongoing legacy of the Trujillato, including the relatively weak social movements formed around racial and ethnic identities, sexuality, and even labor. She offers exciting new interpretations of such writers as Hilma Contreras, Rita Indiana Hernández, and Junot Díaz, revealing the ways they successfully challenge dominant political and canonical literary discourses
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 202 pages)
- Note
- "This book is a part of the Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture publication initiative, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."
- Contents
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- Introduction: The politics of gender in the Caribbean
- De-tropicalizing the Trujillo dictatorship and Dominican masculinity
- One phallus for another: post-dictatorship political and literary canons
- Engendering resistance: Hilma Contreras's counternarratives
- Still loving Papi: globalized dominican subjectivities in the novels of Rita Indiana Hernández
- How not to read Junot Díaz: diasporic Dominican masculinity and its returns
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780813048994
- Label
- Masculinity after Trujillo : the politics of gender in Dominican literature
- Title
- Masculinity after Trujillo
- Title remainder
- the politics of gender in Dominican literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Maja Horn
- Subject
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- Dominican Republic
- Dominican literature
- Dominican literature -- History and criticism
- Dominikanische Republik
- Gender identity
- Gender identity -- Dominican Republic
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | Spanish & Portuguese
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
- Literatur
- Masculinity -- Dominican Republic
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- Men -- Dominican Republic -- Psychology
- Men -- Psychology
- Männlichkeit
- Masculinity
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Any observer of Dominican political and literary discourse will quickly notice how certain notions of hyper-masculinity permeate the culture. Many critics will attribute this to an outgrowth of "traditional" Latin American patriarchal culture. Masculinity after Trujillo demonstrates why they are mistaken. In this extraordinary work, Maja Horn argues that this common Dominican attitude became ingrained during the dictatorship (1930-61) of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, as well as through the U.S. military occupation that preceded it. Where previous studies have focused mainly on Spanish colonialism and the controversial sharing of the island with Haiti, Horn emphasizes the underexamined and lasting influence of U.S. imperialism and how it prepared the terrain for Trujillo's hyperbolic language of masculinity. She also demonstrates how later attempts to emasculate the image of Trujillo often reproduced the same masculinist ideology popularized by his government. By using the lens of gender politics, Horn enables readers to reconsider the ongoing legacy of the Trujillato, including the relatively weak social movements formed around racial and ethnic identities, sexuality, and even labor. She offers exciting new interpretations of such writers as Hilma Contreras, Rita Indiana Hernández, and Junot Díaz, revealing the ways they successfully challenge dominant political and canonical literary discourses
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Horn, Maja
- Dewey number
- 860.9/97293
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PQ7400.5
- LC item number
- .H67 2014eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dominican literature
- Masculinity
- Masculinity in literature
- Gender identity
- Men
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Dominican literature
- Gender identity
- Masculinity
- Masculinity in literature
- Men
- Dominican Republic
- Literatur
- Männlichkeit
- Dominikanische Republik
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
- Label
- Masculinity after Trujillo : the politics of gender in Dominican literature, Maja Horn
- Note
- "This book is a part of the Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture publication initiative, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The politics of gender in the Caribbean -- De-tropicalizing the Trujillo dictatorship and Dominican masculinity -- One phallus for another: post-dictatorship political and literary canons -- Engendering resistance: Hilma Contreras's counternarratives -- Still loving Papi: globalized dominican subjectivities in the novels of Rita Indiana Hernández -- How not to read Junot Díaz: diasporic Dominican masculinity and its returns -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 865578974
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 202 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813048994
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvwwg69w
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)865578974
- Label
- Masculinity after Trujillo : the politics of gender in Dominican literature, Maja Horn
- Note
- "This book is a part of the Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture publication initiative, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The politics of gender in the Caribbean -- De-tropicalizing the Trujillo dictatorship and Dominican masculinity -- One phallus for another: post-dictatorship political and literary canons -- Engendering resistance: Hilma Contreras's counternarratives -- Still loving Papi: globalized dominican subjectivities in the novels of Rita Indiana Hernández -- How not to read Junot Díaz: diasporic Dominican masculinity and its returns -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 865578974
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 202 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813048994
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvwwg69w
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)865578974
Subject
- Dominican Republic
- Dominican literature
- Dominican literature -- History and criticism
- Dominikanische Republik
- Gender identity
- Gender identity -- Dominican Republic
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | Spanish & Portuguese
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
- Literatur
- Masculinity -- Dominican Republic
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- Men -- Dominican Republic -- Psychology
- Men -- Psychology
- Männlichkeit
- Masculinity
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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