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Acta poética
On-line version ISSN 2448-735XPrint version ISSN 0185-3082
Abstract
MATA LI, Mariela. Hegemonic Masculinity within a Repressive Environment: La ciudad y los perros by Mario Vargas Llosa. Acta poét [online]. 2022, vol.43, n.2, pp.125-144. Epub Aug 29, 2022. ISSN 2448-735X. https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ap.2022.2.178x270s7.
This article analyzes the construction of the male characters in La ciudad y los perros by Mario Vargas Llosa, a canonical text of Latin American literature, to provide a new reading focused on the discourses of power and sexuality. Thus, it is examined whether the repressive environment of the military school in which the cadets are immersed serves to reinforce gender codes or, on the contrary, to show multiple ways of “being a man”.
Keywords : Gender Studies; Masculinities; Latin American Literature; Novel; Mario Vargas Llosa.