Tropes of Tauromachy: Representations of Bullfighting in Selected Texts of Anglophone Literature
Tropes of Tauromachy: Representations of Bullfighting in Selected Texts of Anglophone Literature
Author(s): Ewa Wylężek
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Studies of Literature, Culture and social structure , Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Bullfighting; American Literature; Ritual; Carnival; Macho
Summary/Abstract: The book offers a theoretical look at bullfighting. In this work, contemporary anglophone literature that presents the motif of corrida is discussed and, what is more, it is compared with theories of ludicity and taboos such as violence, eroticism, and death.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-226-3907-8
- Page Count: 222
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English
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