Lisbon Revisited: Urban Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Portuguese Fiction

ISBN-13: 9781909662438 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 208 str.

Rhian Atkin

Opis

Twentieth-century Portugal saw dramatic political and social change. The monarchy was abolished, and a republic installed (1910), soon giving way to a long-lasting dictatorship (1926); a transition to democracy (1974) led to membership of the European Union (1986). But what do we know of how people lived during these periods? And how did men, in particular, respond to the changes taking place in society? In this illuminating and broad-ranging study, Rhian Atkin uses as case studies the work of Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), LuIs de Sttau Monteiro (1926-93) and JosE Saramago (1922-2010) in order to examine the relationship between socio-political change and the construction and performance of masculinities in the urban environment of Lisbon over the course of the last century.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Masculine Subjectivities in the Modern City 2. Masculinities in the Streets 3. Masculinities and Consumer Society 4. Men at Home, Men at Work 5. Conclusion

O autorze

Atkin, Rhian