The Accordionist's Son Masculinity

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A Basque work of early twenty-first century, from the author Bernardo Atxaga (1951- ), provides favored moments and characters for a representative study of masculinity. This paper seeks to explore gender and masculinity, and specifically fatherhood in the novel The Accordionist 's Son (2003). To perform this analysis, it will first address the significance of the masculine, what means to be a man in different socio-cultural contexts centered and focused on Obaba and by itself on Basque paternity. In addition to how the concepts of father and son are defined in the work through their characters, Angel and David, Uncle John and David, and finally David and her daughters Liz and Sara. The analysis is conducted on a theoretical framework of gender

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