Irwin, Robert McKee
Mexican Masculinities
- ISBN 13:
- 9780816640713
- author:
- Irwin, Robert McKee
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2003
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 23.1 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
- Genre:
- HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The first historical study of its kind, Mexican Masculinities challenges conventional views of gender and sexuality in Mexico's literature and life from independence to the 1960s. This book explores how literary representations of masculinity intersect with constructions of nation and nationality. The rhetoric of "Mexicanness" employs images of masculinity in shifting and often contradictory ways, reflecting changing attitudes towards male homosocial bonding, science, scandals, and national identity. Robert McKee Irwin's work uncovers a range of unknown texts from queer Mexican history, including the 1906 novel Los 41, which reenacts a scandalous transvestite ball that sparked modern discussion of homosexuality in Mexico. By providing "queer readings" of major canonical texts and shedding light on previously unknown works, this book offers a radical new perspective on masculinity and national character.
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