'Escritores de envergadura': Gendering Bestsellers in Claudia Piñeiro's 'La muerte y la canoa' and 'Bendito aire de Buenos Aires'. Issue 6 (3rd July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mackintosh, Fiona J.
• Is Part Of: Bulletin of Spanish studies. Volume 99:Issue 6(2022)
• Page Start: 1019
• Page End: 1038
• Publication Date: 2022-07-03
• Subjects: Claudia Piñeiro -- Quién no -- Bestsellers -- Short stories -- Publishing industry -- The Author -- 21st Century Argentine Literature -- Gender -- Argentina -- Envergadura; Spanish philology -- Periodicals; Portuguese philology -- Periodicals; Spanish literature -- Periodicals; Portuguese literature -- Periodicals; Spain -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Portugal -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 860.5
• DOI: 10.1080/14753820.2022.2122166
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-3820

Abstract

ABSTRACT : This article explores the figure of the bestselling author in two short stories by contemporary Argentinian writer Claudia Piñeiro. Using the masculine concept of the 'escritor de envergadura' as a starting point, it analyses the protagonists of 'La muerte y la canoa' and 'Bendito aire de Buenos Aires'— both published in Quién no — to draw conclusions about Piñeiro's critique of the gendered world of the publishing industry.