A representação do macho na obra de José Lins do Rego.

Abstract

The main objective of this dissertation is to examine representations of masculinity in the work of José Lins do Rego, specifically in the six volumes of the Sugarcane Cycle published between 1930-1940: Menino de Engenho (1932), Doidinho (1933), Banguê (1934), O Moleque Ricardo (1935), Usina (1936), and Fogo Morto (1940). Lins de Rego’s representation of questions related to the practice of hegemonic masculinity will be explored using theoretical contributions from the social sciences such as “social representation,” “gender,” “masculinity,” and “masculine domination.” Among roce aspects, this study attempts to highlight the □rocesso f the constitution of masculine subjectivities, power relations and role-playing that traverse the discourses on masculinity in the decade in which the novels were published.