This dossier brings together seven interviews carried out at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2013 with the following Brazilian writers: Ana Paula Maia, Beatriz Bracher, Bernardo Ajzenberg, Carola Saavedra, Ferréz, Luiz Ruffato and Marcelino Freire. The first part of each interview focusses on gender issues, in particular on diverging concepts of masculinity and femininity in Brazilian society and literature. These concepts are based on the theory developed by the Australian sociologist R. W. Connell, who is one of the most distinguished contemporary scholars of masculinities and gender relations. The second part shifts its focus to question about the particularities of each writer's work, their main aesthetic concerns and the connections between their works.
masculinity; femininity; interviews; contemporary Brazilian literature