Pubis Angelical

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Pubis Angelical is a 1979 novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig that blends political intrigue, melodrama, and science fiction to explore identity, gender, and repression in 20th-century Latin America.

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instanceOf book translation
film
novel
author Manuel Puig NERFINISHED
basedOn Pubis Angelical NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Argentina NERFINISHED
explores construction of feminine identity
relationship between personal trauma and political history
surveillance and control
followedBy Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages NERFINISHED
genre melodrama
political novel
psychological novel
science fiction novel
hasAdaptation Pubis Angelical (film) NERFINISHED
hasCharacter Ana NERFINISHED
the Actress
the Patient
hasTranslation Pubis Angelical (English translation)
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainTheme exile
gender
identity
political violence
repression
motif body and sexuality
cinema
dreams
fantasy sequences
narrativeTechnique multiple narrative strands
shifting perspectives
notableFor blend of political intrigue and science fiction
critique of authoritarian regimes
exploration of female subjectivity
originalLanguage Spanish
partOf Manuel Puig bibliography
politicalContext Latin American dictatorships
precededBy The Buenos Aires Affair NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1979
publisher Editorial Seix Barral NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 20th century
settingRegion Latin America NERFINISHED
structure interwoven storylines
style cinematic
experimental
intertextual
timeOfNarrative 1970s

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Manuel Puig notableWork Pubis Angelical