Dystopian
The Myth of the Self-Made Man
2021
A thought-provoking exploration of success myths and societal structures by Inés del Castillo.
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A thought-provoking exploration of success myths and societal structures by Inés del Castillo.
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Positive and negative, admittedly fictional and ostensibly factual, these portraits endure because the general rhetorical practice embodied in the myth of the self-made man enacts both the need and the very means for making oneself masculine: verbal power and prowess.
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
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Violence & gore
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Cyborg conversion body horror; dystopian physical exploitation
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Central critique of self-made myth; race, class, American identity
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Child cyborg slavery and systemic human exploitation as core premise
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