Overview
- Argues for a reading of Martín-Santos’ creative works as an attempt to destroy the prevalent masculine myths of Western patriarchy, and as a proposal to create the new ones for the future
- Places Martín-Santos’ writings beyond their initial post-Spanish Civil War political contexts as most scholarly work has focused by addressing the lasting impact of his writings to the contemporary Spanish moment
- One of the first academic works to offer extended analysis of Tiempo de destrucción (1975)
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Miquel Bota is Assistant Professor at California State University, Sacramento,
USA. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, USA, in Iberian and Latin
American Cultures, and holds an M.A. from Queen’s University, Canada. His
publications include articles on misunderstood, misrepresented or forgotten
pieces that reveal new social, political and philosophical perspectives in Iberian
contemporary literatures and cultures.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Contestation of Patriarchy in Luis Martín-Santos' Work
Authors: Miquel Bota
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44105-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44104-3Published: 11 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44107-4Published: 11 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-44105-0Published: 10 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 167
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, European Literature, Culture and Gender, Existentialism, History of Psychology