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Overview"Using the one-act comedy """"El parto de Juan Rana"""" (""""John Frog Gives Birth"""") as a point of departure, Velasco argues that the figure of the pregnant man in early modern Spanish culture was not merely comic entertainment, but also served an important role as a physical representation of the anxieties about the changing roles of men and women at the time. Men were increasingly taking over medical duties - especially surrounding childbirth - usually left to women and, as their medical knowledge increased, they became aware of bodies and behaviors - both male and female - that transgressed gender norms. The anxieties about men who acted in ways seen as increasingly womanly (from acting effeminately to participating in homosexual activity) played out in the character of pregnant Juan Rana. Then, Velasco turns to Hollywood, and asks if we might not use the lessons of Juan Rana to help explain why contemporary America is also fascinated by the idea of male pregnancy - think Arnold Scharzenegger in """"Junior"""" - and our increasing anxiety over the changing face of masculinity in our own culture." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sherry VelascoPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780826515162ISBN 10: 0826515169 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 30 July 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a timely, relevant, and fascinating project. There are no other books similar to it in the field. --Harry Velez Quinones, University of Puget Sound This is a timely, relevant, and fascinating project. There are no other books similar to it in the field. --Harry Velez Quinones, University of Puget Sound Dr. Velasco's book is an important study of this new masculinity phenomenon and the accompanying repression of women's role in the business of reproduction as seen in literature and society. Her study represents a timely addition to the study of the Early Modern Spanish period. --Peter Edward Thompson, Queen's University Sherry Velasco treats readers to a dizzying array of cultural products -- movies, plays, illuminations, law codes -- to explore the many ways and reasons people have fantasized about making men pregnant. This is a fascinating look at womb envy throughout time, hardly confining its analysis to early modern Spain. --American Historical Review Sherry Velasco treats readers to a dizzying array of cultural products -- movies, plays, illuminations, law codes -- to explore the many ways and reasons people have fantasized about making men pregnant. This is a fascinating look at womb envy throughout time, hardly confining its analysis to early modern Spain. --American Historical Review Dr. Velasco's book is an important study of this new masculinity phenomenon and the accompanying repression of women's role in the business of reproduction as seen in literature and society. Her study represents a timely addition to the study of the Early Modern Spanish period. --Peter Edward Thompson, Queen's University This is a timely, relevant, and fascinating project. There are no other books similar to it in the field. --Harry Velez Quinones, University of Puget Sound Dr. Velasco's book is an important study of this new masculinity phenomenon and the accompanying repression of women's role in the business of reproduction as seen in literature and society. Her study represents a timely addition to the study of the Early Modern Spanish period. <br>Peter Edward Thompson, Queen's University Author InformationSherry Velasco is Professor of Spanish at the University of Kentucky and the author of The Lieutenant Nun: Transgenderism, Lesbian Desire, and Catalina de Erauso and Demons, Nausea and Resistance in the Autobiography of Isabel de Jesus (1611-1682). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |