“Do You Know Your Place?” Displacing of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Reinaldo Arenas

“Do You Know Your Place?” Displacing of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Reinaldo Arenas

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This article analyzes the many forms of subjectivity developed in the short stories book Con los ojos cerrados (1972) and the novel El palacio de las blanquísimas mofetas (1975) written by the cuban Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990). It is proposed that these texts displace the assumptions  of the officia...

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Main Author: Laura Maccioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Valladolid 2014-07-01
Series:Castilla: Estudios de Literatura
Subjects:
Cuban revolution
Reinaldo Arenas
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spelling doaj-50ac6b17da3c4c9f9b6c8edcce3f37ba2020-11-24T22:36:05ZengUniversidad de ValladolidCastilla: Estudios de Literatura1989-73832014-07-015“Do You Know Your Place?” Displacing of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Reinaldo ArenasLaura MaccioniThis article analyzes the many forms of subjectivity developed in the short stories book Con los ojos cerrados (1972) and the novel El palacio de las blanquísimas mofetas (1975) written by the cuban Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990). It is proposed that these texts displace the assumptions  of the official discourse, particularly the idea that the common locus founded in 1959 is the free territory for an ideal and morally superior new man . Arena´s writing, on the contrary, escapes from all of these beliefs by eroding identity boundaries, betraying every semiotic system rules and assuming errancy as the conditions for the emergency of a revolutionary subjectivity. http://localhost/phppro/ojs3nuevokk/index.php/castilla/article/view/231Cuban revolutionReinaldo Arenas
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“Do You Know Your Place?” Displacing of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Reinaldo Arenas
Castilla: Estudios de Literatura
Cuban revolution
Reinaldo Arenas
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title “Do You Know Your Place?” Displacing of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Reinaldo Arenas
title_short “Do You Know Your Place?” Displacing of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Reinaldo Arenas
title_full “Do You Know Your Place?” Displacing of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Reinaldo Arenas
title_fullStr “Do You Know Your Place?” Displacing of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Reinaldo Arenas
title_full_unstemmed “Do You Know Your Place?” Displacing of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Reinaldo Arenas
title_sort “do you know your place?” displacing of revolutionary subjectivity in reinaldo arenas
publisher Universidad de Valladolid
series Castilla: Estudios de Literatura
issn 1989-7383
publishDate 2014-07-01
description This article analyzes the many forms of subjectivity developed in the short stories book Con los ojos cerrados (1972) and the novel El palacio de las blanquísimas mofetas (1975) written by the cuban Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990). It is proposed that these texts displace the assumptions  of the official discourse, particularly the idea that the common locus founded in 1959 is the free territory for an ideal and morally superior new man . Arena´s writing, on the contrary, escapes from all of these beliefs by eroding identity boundaries, betraying every semiotic system rules and assuming errancy as the conditions for the emergency of a revolutionary subjectivity.
topic Cuban revolution
Reinaldo Arenas
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