Masculinity and Queer Desire in Spanish Enlightenment Literature

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Gay Studies, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Masculinity and Queer Desire in Spanish Enlightenment Literature by Mehl Allan Penrose, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Mehl Allan Penrose ISBN: 9781317099840
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: May 6, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Mehl Allan Penrose
ISBN: 9781317099840
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: May 6, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

In Masculinity and Queer Desire in Spanish Enlightenment Literature, Mehl Allan Penrose examines three distinct male figures, each of which was represented as the Other in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Spanish literature. The most common configuration of non-normative men was the petimetre, an effeminate, Francophile male who figured a failed masculinity, a dubious sexuality, and an invasive French cultural presence. Also inscribed within cultural discourse were the bujarrón or ’sodomite,’ who participates in sexual relations with men, and the Arcadian shepherd, who expresses his desire for other males and who takes on agency as the voice of homoerotica. Analyzing journalistic essays, poetry, and drama, Penrose shows that Spanish authors employed queer images of men to engage debates about how males should appear, speak, and behave and whom they should love in order to be considered ’real’ Spaniards. Penrose interrogates works by a wide range of writers, including Luis Cañuelo, Ramón de la Cruz, and Félix María de Samaniego, arguing that the tropes created by these authors solidified the gender and sexual binary and defined and described what a ’queer’ man was in the Spanish collective imaginary. Masculinity and Queer Desire engages with current cultural, historical, and theoretical scholarship to propose the notion that the idea of queerness in gender and sexuality based on identifiable criteria started in Spain long before the medical concept of the ’homosexual’ was created around 1870.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In Masculinity and Queer Desire in Spanish Enlightenment Literature, Mehl Allan Penrose examines three distinct male figures, each of which was represented as the Other in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Spanish literature. The most common configuration of non-normative men was the petimetre, an effeminate, Francophile male who figured a failed masculinity, a dubious sexuality, and an invasive French cultural presence. Also inscribed within cultural discourse were the bujarrón or ’sodomite,’ who participates in sexual relations with men, and the Arcadian shepherd, who expresses his desire for other males and who takes on agency as the voice of homoerotica. Analyzing journalistic essays, poetry, and drama, Penrose shows that Spanish authors employed queer images of men to engage debates about how males should appear, speak, and behave and whom they should love in order to be considered ’real’ Spaniards. Penrose interrogates works by a wide range of writers, including Luis Cañuelo, Ramón de la Cruz, and Félix María de Samaniego, arguing that the tropes created by these authors solidified the gender and sexual binary and defined and described what a ’queer’ man was in the Spanish collective imaginary. Masculinity and Queer Desire engages with current cultural, historical, and theoretical scholarship to propose the notion that the idea of queerness in gender and sexuality based on identifiable criteria started in Spain long before the medical concept of the ’homosexual’ was created around 1870.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Darwin and the Naked Lady by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book The European Union's Democratization Agenda in the Mediterranean by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Doing the Work of Reference by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Asking the Earth by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book With Literacy and Justice for All by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book A World of Polities by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Popper's Legacy by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Sustainable Fashion and Textiles by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Creativity and Writing by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Communication in Accounting Education by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Ibn Al-Arabi's Fusus Al-Hikam by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Reflection in Action by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book School Level Leadership in Post-conflict Societies by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Stem Cell Research by Mehl Allan Penrose
Cover of the book Participation Culture in the Gulf by Mehl Allan Penrose
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy