Anti-Nostalgia e a Masculinidade Tóxica na obra de Michel Laub e Luiz Ruffato

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  • Rex P. Nielson Brigham Young University

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masculinidade tóxica, Michel Laub, Luiz Ruffato

Abstract

This paper examines expressions of male heterosexual identity present in Michel Laub’s O diário da queda and Luiz Ruffato’s Inferno Provisório. Heterosexual masculinity is nearly always oriented towards the past (unlike feminism, which is nearly always oriented towards the future), and Michel Laub and Luiz Ruffato both reveal a keen sensitivity to masculinity’s backward-looking orientation by exploring contemporary masculinity’s toxic manifestations: male violence and aggression, male fears of feeling or expressing emotion, male fears of emasculation, male detachments from committed relationships, etc. In so doing, these authors challenge typical narratives of masculinity that idealize the past. Instead, these authors present past-oriented narratives that are essentially anti-nostalgic. In doing so, both Laub and Ruffato adopt the strategies of feminism in working to turn masculinity’s orientation towards the future.

Author Biography

Rex P. Nielson, Brigham Young University

Rex P. Nielson is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. Before joining the Spanish and Portuguese Department at BYU, he held appointments at Harvard University and Bryant University. He teaches all levels of Portuguese language as well as a variety of courses on Luso-Afro-Brazilian literature and culture. His research focuses primarily on gender in Brazilian culture, ecocriticism and environmental ethics in Brazil and the global south, and language and literature pedagogy.

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Published

2018-10-22

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NIELSON, Rex P. Anti-Nostalgia e a Masculinidade Tóxica na obra de Michel Laub e Luiz Ruffato. REVELL - UEMS JOURNAL OF LITERARY STUDIES, [S. l.], v. 2, n. 19, p. 255–266, 2018. Disponível em: https://periodicosonline.uems.br/index.php/REV/article/view/2932. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.

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Vol. 2 No. 19 (2018): REPRESENTAÇÕES DA MASCULINIDADE NAS LITERATURAS LUSÓFONAS

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