ABSTRACT
Eileen Meehan argues that cultural products reflect society's dominant ideology, regardless of whether they are trying to go against it or not. In a patriarchal heterosexist society, the visual works produced are not exempt, and authors often tend to tell their stories from a masculine point of view, or for an imagined masculine audience, through which patriarchy can be observed. This chapter considers two case studies of this male gaze: Antonio Altarriba Jr and Kim's El arte de volar and El ala rota. It considers the techniques through which the authors present El arte de volar as Altarriba Sr's autobiography and the implications of this. The chapter analyzes these techniques in both graphic novels through two moments: first, the wedding night, in which Antonio and Petra have sex for the first time; second, her ‘religious turn' during their marriage.
