The Construction of the Dominican Hyper-Masculinity in Junot Díaz's Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Emely A. Jimenez, Gettysburg College

Spanish Senior Capstone

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The purpose of this essay is to analyze the construction of the Dominican identity and the hyper-masculinity in the Dominican Diaspora through Drown, a series of short stories, and The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a novel, by Junot Diaz.

 
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The Construction of the Dominican Hyper-Masculinity in Junot Díaz's Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Glatfelter 101

The purpose of this essay is to analyze the construction of the Dominican identity and the hyper-masculinity in the Dominican Diaspora through Drown, a series of short stories, and The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a novel, by Junot Diaz.