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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484500303321

Autore

Bota Miquel

Titolo

The Contestation of Patriarchy in Luis Martín-Santos' Work / / by Miquel Bota

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030441050

3030441059

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 167 pages)

Disciplina

809.933521108996

800

Soggetti

Literature, Modern - 20th century

European literature

Sex

Philosophy of mind

Self

Psychology

Social sciences - History

Twentieth-Century Literature

European Literature

Gender Studies

Philosophy of the Self

History of Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: In the Name of Silence and Destruction -- 2. In an Arid Landscape -- 3. It is in their Head -- 4. It is a Man's World -- 5. Holding Out for a Hero(ine) -- 6. Conclusion: In the Name of the "New Man".

Sommario/riassunto

This book proposes that Spanish author Luis Martín-Santos' work focuses on the effects of patriarchy and hegemonic masculinity on men, to actively contribute to freeing both men and women from the yoke of patriarchy. It aims for a new resonance of Luis Martín-Santos. It



analyzes the influence of Heidegger, Freud and Sartre in Martín-Santos' psychiatric essays and his fictional works: the novel Tiempo de silencio (Time of Silence), the collection of short stories Apólogos, and the posthumous fragment Tiempo de destrucción (Time of Destruction). It demonstrates that alongside the political critique of Franco's dictatorship, Martín-Santos' creative writings are an attempt to destroy the prevalent masculine myths of Western patriarchy, and a proposal to create new myths for the future.