1st Edition

Lisbon Revisited Urban Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Portuguese Fiction

By Rhian Atkin Copyright 2014

    This book examines three specific fictional texts as case studies for an exploration of the ways in which masculinities are conceived of and performed in urban Portuguese society over the twentieth century. It interrogates the relationships between masculinities and socio-political change in Lisbon.

    Introduction 1. Masculine Subjectivities in the Modern City 2. Masculinities in the Streets 3. Masculinities and Consumer Society 4. Men at Home, Men at Work 5. Conclusion

    Biography

    Atkin, Rhian