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Gendering Men GENDERING MEN : THEORIZING MASCULINITIES IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE José María Armengol Carrera Directora: Dra. Àngels Carabí Ribera Tesi doctoral Per optar al títol de doctor en Filologia Anglesa Programa de doctorat “Literatures i cultures” Bienni 2000-2002 Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya Universitat de Barcelona Works Cited Allen, Theodore W. The Invention of the White Race. Volume I. Racial Oppression and Social Control. 1994. London and New York: Verso, 1995. ---. The Invention of the White Race. Volume II. The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America. London and New York: Verso, 1997. Andrés, Rodrigo. “La homosexualidad masculina, el espacio cultural entre masculinidad y feminidad, y preguntas ante una ‘crisis.’” Nuevas masculinidades. Ed. Àngels Carabí and Marta Segarra. Barcelona: Icaria, 2000. 121-32. Anzaldúa, Gloria E. Preface. This Bridge We Call Home. Ed. Gloria E. Anzaldúa and Analouise Keating. 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