There will be a brief overview of the history of Arturo Prat, Chilean sailor and national hero
who, defending his country, dies after jumping to the boarding in a contest between the
Chilean and Peruvian navies, where there was a clear disadvantage for the Chilean troops.
Then the hegemonic masculinity will be linked to a rigid aspect of the self from the humanist
current, and both concepts will serve to understand that suicide is a viable option for the
figure of the national hero. It will end by reflecting on how hegemonic masculinity reduces
the spaces to think on masculinities due to the rigidification of the self.
Keywords:
Hero, suicide, masculinity, sacrifice
Author Biography
José Lledó Muñoz
Psicólogo y licenciado en psicología de la Universidad Diego Portales. Psicodramatista de Centros De estudios Psicodrama Chile. En la actualidad estudia teatro y se desempeña como psicólogo clínico en la esfera privada.
Lledó Muñoz, J. (2022). Suicidio y rigidización del self como forma de expresión de la masculinidad hegemónica. Análisis del héroe nacional Arturo Prat. Revista Punto Género, (17), pp.77–112. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2022.67652
