Bilingual Legacies : Father Figures in Self-Writing From Barcelona
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| Title: | Bilingual Legacies : Father Figures in Self-Writing From Barcelona |
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| Description: | Bilingual Legacies examines fatherhood in the work of four canonical Spanish authors born in Barcelona and raised during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Drawing on the autobiographical texts of Juan Goytisolo, Carlos Barral, Terenci Moix, and Clara Janés, the book explores how these authors understood gender roles and paternal figures as well as how they positioned themselves in relation to Spanish and Catalan literary traditions. Anna Casas Aguilar contends that through their presentation of father figures, these authors subvert static ideas surrounding fatherhood. She argues that this diversity was crucial in opening the door to revised gender models in Spain during the democratic period. Moving beyond the shadow of the dictator, Casas Aguilar shows how these writers distinguished between the patriarchal'father of the nation'and their own paternal figures. In doing so, Bilingual Legacies sheds light on the complexity of Spanish conceptions of gender, language, and family and illustrates how notions of masculinity, authorship, and canon are interrelated. |
| Authors: | Anna Casas Aguilar |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Biography as a literary form, Spanish literature--Spain--Barcelona--History and criticism, Spanish literature--20th century--History and criticism, Families in literature, Fatherhood in literature, Fathers in literature, Sex role in literature, Catalan literature--20th century--History and criticism, Biography |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Bilingual Legacies examines fatherhood in the work of four canonical Spanish authors born in Barcelona and raised during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Drawing on the autobiographical texts of Juan Goytisolo, Carlos Barral, Terenci Moix, and Clara Janés, the book explores how these authors understood gender roles and paternal figures as well as how they positioned themselves in relation to Spanish and Catalan literary traditions. Anna Casas Aguilar contends that through their presentation of father figures, these authors subvert static ideas surrounding fatherhood. She argues that this diversity was crucial in opening the door to revised gender models in Spain during the democratic period. Moving beyond the shadow of the dictator, Casas Aguilar shows how these writers distinguished between the patriarchal'father of the nation'and their own paternal figures. In doing so, Bilingual Legacies sheds light on the complexity of Spanish conceptions of gender, language, and family and illustrates how notions of masculinity, authorship, and canon are interrelated. |
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| ISBN: | 9781487545000 9781487545017 9781487545024 |
