Title: Murder and masculinity
First published: 2000
Description: 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.
Subjects: Masculinity in literature, Politics and literature, Violence in literature, History and criticism, Latin American fiction, Latin american fiction, history and criticism
Places: Latin America
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PQ7082.N7 B48 1999