Weary Old DogsAgeing Masculinities in Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s Los perros duros no bailan

  1. Claudia Alonso-Recarte 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Journal:
Bulletin of Spanish Studies

ISSN: 1475-3820,  1478-3428

Year of publication: 2022

Issue Title: Ageing Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Spanish Literature

Volume: 99

Issue: 4

Pages: 619-639

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1080/14753820.2022.2095864 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s short novel Los perros duros no bailan (2018) is the first of the prolific Spanish writer’s attempts at animal fable and allegory. This postmodern and highly intertextual novel explores the nature of masculinity and ageing in a hostile world of violence and conflict. The aim of this article is to analyse the role of the motif of the dog, and the way in which the author deploys it as mechanism through which to communicate issues around gender, age, history and Spanish identity.

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