Masculinity after Trujillo : the politics of gender in Dominican literature /

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Author / Creator:Horn, Maja, author.
Imprint:Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Description:xvi, 202 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9918325
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Other authors / contributors:Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, funder.
Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, provider.
ISBN:9780813049304 (alk. paper)
081304930X (alk. paper)
Notes:"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."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Chronicles the way hyper-masculinity has permeated a wide swath of Dominican culture over the past century, demonstrating how modern attitudes toward masculinity were informed by and evolved from the U.S. military occupation of the island, through Trujillo's dictatorship, and into the manifestations in the present day.