Machismo y Matadores en las Plazas de Toros en España

Meredith S. McGann, Gettysburg College

Spanish Senior Capstone

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This paper analyzes the relationship between traditional gender roles and the identity of a matador in a bull fighting ring in Spain. Through a medium of movies and texts, I examine the representation of modern day bullfighting and the construction of women in a masculine role.

 
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Machismo y Matadores en las Plazas de Toros en España

Glatfelter 101

This paper analyzes the relationship between traditional gender roles and the identity of a matador in a bull fighting ring in Spain. Through a medium of movies and texts, I examine the representation of modern day bullfighting and the construction of women in a masculine role.