Femininity and effeminophobia in Manuel Puig's Kiss of the spider woman

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Allan, J. A. (2014). Femininity and effeminophobia in Manuel Puig's Kiss of the spider woman. Mosaic: A Journal For The Interdisciplinary Study Of Literature, 47(3), 71-87. doi:http://doi.org/10.1353/mos.2014.0031

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Title

Femininity and effeminophobia in Manuel Puig's Kiss of the spider woman

Author

Allan, Jonathan A.

Date

2014

Journal/Book/Host Title

Mosaic: a Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature

Volume

47

Issue

3

Start Page

71-87

Abstract

Manuel Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman challenges the critical understanding of male femininity and homosexuality. I argue that the privileging of homosexuality has meant that the study of femininity has been insufficient; as such, this essay draws on Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s notion of “effeminophobia” and studies Molina’s femininity.

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Peer reviewed
This article has also been reprinted in El beso de la mujer araña by Manuel Puig. Ed. Lawrence Trudeau. Gale/Cengage, 2018.

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articles

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DOI

http://doi.org/10.1353/mos.2014.0031