Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
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Betrayed by Rita Hayworth is a 1968 experimental novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig that portrays small-town life and personal obsessions through a collage of voices and cinematic references.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Betrayed by Rita Hayworth canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Manuel Puig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| followedBy | Heartbreak Tango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Argentine provincial society
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impact of mass media on everyday life ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hollywood cinema
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Rita Hayworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
colloquial speech
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regional Argentine idioms ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainThemes |
cinema and fantasy
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family relationships ⓘ identity formation ⓘ personal obsessions ⓘ popular culture ⓘ sexual repression ⓘ small-town life ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | collage of voices ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
epistolary elements
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interior monologue ⓘ multiple narrators ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Toto
NERFINISHED
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Toto’s mother ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 250–300 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | Manuel Puig bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Buenos Aires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisher | Editorial Jorge Álvarez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | small-town Argentina ⓘ |
| significance |
debut novel of Manuel Puig
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key work of Argentine experimental fiction ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
cinematic references
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fragmented structure ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage | La traición de Rita Hayworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Suzanne Jill Levine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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