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Author:   Manuel Barberá López
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   11
Weight:   0.379kg
ISBN:  

9781433187292

ISBN 10:   1433187299
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements – List of Abbreviations – Introduction: ""To fail as no other dare fail"" – The Damaged Brain: Ruptures in Perception and Memory – The Fragmented Speech: The Impossibility of Communication and the Road to Silence – The Broken Body: Motility, Paralysis and Isolation – Disability in Samuel Beckett: The Trauma of Life and the Contagious Nature of Resilience – Men as Agents: Narration, Impotence and the Loss of Masculine Mastery – The Representation of Men: Rejection of Hegemonic Masculinity and of the Heterosexual Matrix – The Representation of Women: Deactivation of the Feminine Mystique – Gender in Samuel Beckett: A System of Reciprocal Dependency – The Life Course and Its Meaning: Aging and the Novels – The End of Wandering: Representations of Old Age and Death – Old Age in Samuel Beckett: Intersections, the Social Stigma and Taking a Stand – Conclusions: ""Making the best of a bad job"" – Index."

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Manuel Barberá López earned his PhD in Literature (Cum Laude and with an International Mention) at Universitat de València in 2020. He works as a post-doctoral researcher at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, where he analyses representations of ageing masculinities in European literatures and cinemas.

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