Border Masculinities Literary and Visual Representations

Amit Thakkar is Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Lancaster University in the Department of Languages and Cultures. With Professor Chris Harris (Lancaster University) he has co-edited a special issue (2010) on cultural representations of masculinities and violence in Latin America, as well as the volume Men, Power and Liberation: Readings of Masculinities in Spanish American Literatures (2015).  He also co-edited, with Dr Nick Hodgin (University of Cardiff) Scars and Wounds: Legacies of Trauma on Film (2017).

Chris Harris is a semi-retired Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures and former Vice President of Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University in China. With Dr Amit Thakkar (Lancaster University) he has co-edited a special issue (2010) on cultural representations of masculinities and violence in Latin America, as well as the volume Men, Power and Liberation: Readings of Masculinities in Spanish American Literatures (2015).

Brian Baker is Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University in the Department of English Literature and Creative Writing. He has published several books and articles on cultural representations of masculinities, including Masculinities in Fiction and Film 1945-2000 (2006) and Contemporary Masculinities in Fiction, Film and TV (2015).