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Gendering The Suicidal Body: Male Translation Of Female Death In Javier Marías' Corazón Tan Bianco
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Bodily inscription, Corazón tan bianco, Javier Marías, Masculine identity, Suicide, Voyeurism
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos
Volume
42
Issue
2
First Page
357
Last Page
378
Abstract
Juan, the protagonist of Corazón tan bianco (1992) by Javier Marias, examines his identity through an investigation of his father's marriages, which are shrouded in secrets and suicide. A critical analysis based on Elizabeth Grosz's Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism (1994) shows how instances of suicide in the novel connect the female body to violent suffering while also serving as a liberating experience for the validation of masculinity. In search of a self-interested narrative of masculine identity, Juan becomes a voyeuristic translator of the inscriptions of suicide on women's bodies.
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
Original Publication Date
1-1-2018
DOI of published version
10.18192/rceh.v42i2.3134
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Jerónimo, Heather, "Gendering The Suicidal Body: Male Translation Of Female Death In Javier Marías' Corazón Tan Bianco" (2018). Faculty Publications. 790.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/790
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