Modern Argentine Masculinities gathers essays that explore the social construction of gender from the nineteenth century to the present. Authors analyze literary and cinematic texts, as well as contemporary popular songs, and offer a wide-ranging picture of the performance of masculinity as it has evolved and adapted since the consolidation of Argentina as a modern nation. This captivating interdisciplinary volume sheds new light on the construction of heterosexual and queer Argentine masculinities.

About the Author
Carolina Rocha is professor of Spanish at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She specializes in contemporary Argentine, Uruguayan and Brazilian cinema. She is the author of Masculinities in Contemporary Argentine Popular Cinema (2012). In addition, she has coedited several volumes: Violence in Argentine Literature and Film (2010, with Elizabeth Montes Garces), New Trends in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema (2011, with Cacilda Rego), Representing History, Class and Gender in Spain and Latin America: Children and Adolescents in Film (2012, with Georgia Seminet), Modern Argentine Masculinities (2013), Screening Mirrors in Latin American Cinema (2014, with Georgia Seminet) and, more recently, Contemporary Latin American Cinema: Resisting Neoliberalism? (2018, with Claudia Sandberg).

Reviews

'[An] excellent compilation ... the whole collection is valuable and will be warmly welcomed by all interested in modern Argentina. Highly recommended.'

-- Choice

'Overall, the volume holds together well, covering both a representative chronology and a wonderful variety of sources. It is clearly the work of an able editor, who has spent time guiding a conversation among authors.'

-- A contracorriente, Jessica Stites Mor



Book Information
ISBN 9781783200153
Author Carolina Rocha
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint Intellect Books
Publisher Intellect Books
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 16mm