Title Hybrid nations : gender troping and the emergence of bigendered subjects in Latin American narrative / Patricia Lapolla Swier.

Publication Info.	Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : Who's on top? nation building and the gendered struggle for power -- Walking the tightrope : negotiating masculinity in an age of modernity -- Feminizing the Other : forging a national identity in José Martí's Chronicles and Essays -- Unveiling the mask of modernity in Amistad funesta -- Loosening the grips of hegemony through narrative : gender troping in Doña Bárbara and El Señor Presidente -- "Transgendering" and the emergence of ambiguously constructed subjects in Doña Bárbara -- Ecriture feminine and feminine imagery in El Señor Presidente -- Conclusion : Bigendered Nations.
Subject	Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Spanish American fiction.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Spanish American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Gender identity in literature.
	Gender identity in literature.
	Sex role in literature.
	Sex role in literature.
	National characteristics, Latin American, in literature.
	National characteristics, Latin American, in literature.
	Martí, José, 1853-1895. Amistad funesta.
	Gallegos, Rómulo, 1884-1969. Doña Bárbara.
	Asturias, Miguel Angel. Señor presidente.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 1837-1946
Subject	Prosa.
	Bisexualität (Motiv)
	Lateinamerika.
ISBN	9780838642092 alkaline paper
	0838642098