Masculinidad Como Espectaculo: Modernidad Y Consumismo en Espana (1898--1931)

Finally, Chapter Three analyzes the explosion of texts around the figure of the Don Juan, another archetypical representative of Spanish masculinity. I study Unamuno's play Nada menos que todo un hombre and Perez de Ayala's novel Tigre Juan as critiques Don Juan as symbol of Spanish virility. In these two works Don Juan is confronted by a protagonist that does not only spend his time seducing women; rather, he is a productive, prosperous and hard-working businessman: the opposite of the idle aristocrat who spends his time in amorous pursuits. The novels conclusions present a new perspective on masculinity and Spanishness that combines work, profit and family stability in a country that has perennially rejected the value of work.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Spanish

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Alvarez-Garcia, Jose Ignacio

Contributors dc:contributor

• Delgado, Luisa-Elena

• Literature, Romance

Language dc:language

spa

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3337684

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86154