THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITY IN GRANDE SERTÃO:
an Interpretation of The First Encounter Between Riobaldo e Diadorim
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Grande Sertão: Veredas. Intersubjetividade. Masculinidade Social. HomossociabilidadeAbstract
This paper intends to examine the mnemic narrative of the first encounter between Riobaldo and Diadorim, and its repercussions on the mentality and the behavior of those characters, mainly, before the notion of social masculinity that is constructed under this episode’s influence. For this intent, it is necessary to resort to theoretical bases elaborated to approach the gender dichotomy and its co-construction in social activity. Accordingly, this analysis is sustained on the premise that the established relationship between the characters in this episode illustrates the concept of homosociality: although this might not have been the first public and/or monosexual experience of Riobaldo, it is one of the oldest memories of his childhood narrated in this romance. In this, socially reiterated norms and limits, infantile mimesis and important notions that underlie the jagunça persona of the narrator-character stand out.
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