Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Major/Program
Spanish
First Advisor's Name
María A. Gómez
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Santiago Juan-Navarro
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Third Advisor's Name
Ricardo Castells
Third Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Fourth Advisor's Name
Aurora Morcillo
Fourth Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Keywords
Spanish, Literature, Masculinities, Gender Violence, Gender Studies, History, Spanish Postwar, Francoism, Ideology
Date of Defense
11-7-2014
Abstract
While it may be argued that aggression against women is part of a culture of violence deeply rooted in Spanish society, the gender-related violence that exists in today’s Spain is more specifically a legacy of Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975). Franco’s Spain endorsed unequal gender relations, championed patriarchal dominance and power over women, and imposed models of hegemonic and authoritarian masculinities that internalized violence by rendering it a feature inseparable from manhood and virility.
This dissertation provides a comprehensive analysis of masculinity and gender violence in Franco’s Spain, by analyzing the novel as the primary cultural vehicle of social criticism and political dissent against the new regime during a period (1939-1962) dominated by silence and censorship. The first part of this work defines and elucidates the concepts of masculinity and gender violence and the relationship between them. It also compares the significant social and cultural achievements of Spanish women during the Second Republic (1931-1939) with the reactionary curbing of those achievements during Francoism. The second part of this research presents a multidisciplinary analysis of masculinity and gender violence in three novels: Nada (1944) by Carmen Laforet, Juegos de manos (1954) by Juan Goytisolo and Tiempo de silencio (1962) by Luis Martin Santos.
Through the literary representation of different models of masculinity and the psychological and social parameters that encourage and incite gender violence, these authors conceptualize and express their political ideology, as well as their symbolic interpretation of Francoist Spain.
Identifier
FI14110756
Recommended Citation
Pastor, Alfredo M., "La representación de la masculinidad y la violencia de género en la novela española de la posguerra" (2014). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1658.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1658
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