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T1 Vietnamese masculinities in lê thi diem thúy's The gangster we are all looking for
A1 Espiritu, Yen Le
K1 Masculinidad
AB The defeat of South Vietnam in 1975 transformed Vietnamese men into fleeing refugees, boatpeople, and state-sponsored asylees. Writing against the popular and scholarly representationsof Vietnamese refugee men as incapacitated objects of rescue, this paper provides an in-depthanalysis of the intimate, insightful, and intense portrayal of Vietnamese masculinities inlê thi diem thúy’s novel, The Gangster We Are All Looking For. Focusing on the “sad andbroken” father in the novel, the article conceptualizes his bouts of domestic violence neitheras a private family matter nor an example of individual failing, but as a social, historical,and transnational affair that exposes the conditions—war, urban neglect, poverty—underwhich Vietnamese masculinity is continually produced, negotiated and transformed.
PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones
SN 0211-5913
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/2497
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/2497
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 26-abr-2024