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Masculinity is not a monolithic phenomenon, but a historically
discontinuous one-a fabrication as it were, of given cultural
circumstances. Because of its opacity and instability, masculinity,
like more recognizable systems of oppression, resists
discernibility. In Macho Ethics: Masculinity and
Self-Representation in Latino-Caribbean Narrative, Jason Cortes
seeks to reveal the inner workings of masculinity in the narrative
prose of four major Caribbean authors: the Cuban Severo Sarduy; the
Dominican American Junot Diaz; and the Puerto Ricans Luis Rafael
Sanchez and Edgardo Rodriguez Julia. By exploring the relationship
between ethics and authority, the legacies of colonial violence,
the figure of the dictator, the macho, and the dandy, the logic of
the Archive, the presence of Oscar Wilde, and notions of trauma and
mourning, Macho Ethics fills a gap surrounding issues of power and
masculinity within the Caribbean context, and draws attention to
what frequently remains invisible and unspoken.
Masculinity is not a monolithic phenomenon, but a historically
discontinuous one-a fabrication as it were, of given cultural
circumstances. Because of its opacity and instability, masculinity,
like more recognizable systems of oppression, resists
discernibility. In Macho Ethics: Masculinity and
Self-Representation in Latino-Caribbean Narrative, Jason Cortes
seeks to reveal the inner workings of masculinity in the narrative
prose of four major Caribbean authors: the Cuban Severo Sarduy; the
Dominican American Junot Diaz; and the Puerto Ricans Luis Rafael
Sanchez and Edgardo Rodriguez Julia. By exploring the relationship
between ethics and authority, the legacies of colonial violence,
the figure of the dictator, the macho, and the dandy, the logic of
the Archive, the presence of Oscar Wilde, and notions of trauma and
mourning, Macho Ethics fills a gap surrounding issues of power and
masculinity within the Caribbean context, and draws attention to
what frequently remains invisible and unspoken.
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