Old Masculinities, New Monstrosities: "Dientes rojos" (2021) by Jesús Cañadas and Its Reinterpretation of Noir and Supernatural Horror

Miguel Carrera Garrido

Abstract


In Dientes Rojos (2021), Jesús Cañadas offers a reinterpretation of the noir genre and the monstruous figure in supernatural horror. This questioning aligns with two interrelated aspects in contemporary Hispanic prose, particularly the fiction produced by Latin American female authors: genre and gender subversion. Drawing on literary and audiovisual references from the noir and horror traditions, Cañadas crafts a feminist manifesto. This article explores how he achieves this, focusing on modern-day reinterpretations of the monster, both as a symbol of the oppressed and as an agent of resistance.

Keywords


noir fiction; horror fiction; monster; feminism; genre subversion; gender subversion

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/lsmll.2025.49.3.91-102
Date of publication: 2025-10-16 13:12:37
Date of submission: 2025-01-02 16:10:31


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