La sexualización de la geopolítica: masculinidades, afectos y arribismo social en "El que merodea en la lluvia" (1962) de Hugo Correa
The Sexualization of Geopolitics: Masculinities, Affects, and Social Climbing in El que merodea en la lluvia (1962) by Hugo Correa

Summary/Abstract: The novel El que merodea en la lluvia (1962) by Hugo Correa, a pioneer of Chilean science fiction, revolves around Salvador, a middle-class bank clerk whose quest for social advancement intertwines with his sexual desires and his inability to control his emotions. I hypothesize that the narrative can be read as an allegory of the frustrations of the Chilean middle class and the country’s subordination within the international context. In this reading, the science fiction elements of the story provide a form of symbolic compensation that corrects,

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