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Letras (Lima)

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HUAYTAN, Eduardo. "Early must be a man": Masculinities, sexual education and confession in José María Arguedas’ Amor mundo. Letras [online]. 2016, vol.87, n.125, pp.33-50. ISSN 2071-5072.

The purpose of this article is to understand the role of sexuality for the construction of masculine identities in Amor mundo (1967) by José María Arguedas. It identifies the subaltern masculinity of child Santiago and the dominant masculinity of landowner Don Guadalupe. It proposes that the interaction of the two characters is given through a novice (Santiago)/ master (Don Guadalupe) relationship. It tries to determine how these identities are played primarily in the field of sexual intercourses. In addition how masculine sexuality establishes relationships with power and pleasure, with female identities, with the ghost of guilt, and confession as edifying act

Keywords : Sexuality; Subaltern masculinity; Dominant masculinity; Feminine identities; Confession.

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