Hercules and the King of Portugal: Icons of Masculinity and Nation in Calderón's Spain Contributor(s): Fox-Hindley, Dian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496207734 ISBN-13: 9781496207739 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Social Science | Gender Studies |
Dewey: 860.935 |
LCCN: 2018028074 |
Series: New Hispanisms |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.46 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Hercules and the King of Portugal investigates how representations of masculinity figure in the fashioning of Spanish national identity, scrutinizing ways that gender performances of two early modern male icons--Hercules and King Sebastian--are structured to express enduring nationhood. The classical hero Hercules features prominently in Hispanic foundational fictions and became intimately associated with the Hapsburg monarchy in the early sixteenth century. King Sebastian of Portugal (1554-78), both during his lifetime and after his violent death, has been inserted into his own land's charter myth, even as competing interests have adapted his narratives to promote Spanish power. |