Between Self-fashioning and Family Legacy: Hegemonic Masculinity in the Identity of the Gutiérrez de los Rios

The aim of this study is to analyze the identity that the Guti & eacute;rrez de los Rios family shaped and passed on throughout the 18th th and 19th th centuries. F Framed in the context of the construction of the image, it was a personal and dynastic fabrication that was passed down from generation to generation. Constructed by the III Count of Fern & aacute;n N & uacute;& ntilde;ez in his The Practical Man, this self-confection would coincide with hegemonic masculinity and would adapt to the transformations of the civilization process. Thus, moving from family traditions to individual concerns, these masculine figures would embody the military profile, the enlightened honn & ecirc;te homme, , the hombre pr & aacute;ctico, or the liberal man.