“Provides an insightful look at the persistent power of masculinism in Dominican post-dictatorship politics and literature.”—Ignacio López-Calvo, author of God and Trujillo “The ideas about masculinization of power developed by Horn are important not only to Dominican scholarship but also to Caribbean and other Latin American students of the intersection of history, political power, and gendered practices and discourses.”—Emilio ... Read moreBejel, author of Gay Cuban Nation ""A novel and thoughtful analysis of the sexual gender relations and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Dominican culture. The Americas “A well-researched and rigorously historicized contribution to the field of Dominican cultural studies, moving elegantly between cultural and literary analyses.”—Modern Language Review Show Less