Publication Date
2016-07-21
Availability
Embargoed
Embargo Period
2018-07-21
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD)
Department
Modern Languages and Literatures (Arts and Sciences)
Date of Defense
2016-05-25
First Committee Member
George Yudice
Second Committee Member
Lillian Manzor
Third Committee Member
Gema Pérez-Sánchez
Fourth Committee Member
Steven Butterman
Abstract
This dissertation explores the way masculinity was created and rearticulated during Revolutionary and Post-revolutionary Cuba. I argue that The New Man and his masculinity is created by official documents such as speeches, magazines, comics, etc. produced by the government. Through the analysis of Reinaldo Arenas’s Arturo, la estrella más brillante, Senel Paz’s El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo, and Abel González Melo’s Chamaco, informe en diez capítulos para representar I demonstrate how these texts engage with official discourse in order to create new expressions/possibilities of masculinity. Highlighting key elements of the three narratives, including productivity, specters of the countryside, silence, quiet and invisibility, I trace a literary and critical history of the Revolution through gender and sexuality.
Keywords
New Man; masculinity; Cuba; productivity; specter; invisibility
Recommended Citation
Zaviezo, Gabriela, "The New New Man: (Re)Articulations of Masculinity in Post-Revolutionary Cuba" (2016). Open Access Dissertations. 1689.
http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/1689