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Book Hombres Y Machos

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alfredo Mirande
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2018-02-12
  • ISBN : 0429968558
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Hombres Y Machos written by Alfredo Mirande and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although patriarchy, machismo, and excessive masculine displays are assumed to be prevalent among Latinos in general and Mexicans in particular, little is known about Latino men or macho masculinity. Hombres y Machos: Masculinity and Latino Culture fills an important void by providing an integrated view of Latino men, masculinity, and fatherhood?in the process refuting many common myths and misconceptions.Examining how Latino men view themselves, Alfredo Mirand rgues that prevailing conceptions of men, masculinity, and gender are inadequate because they are based not on universal norms but on limited and culturally specific conceptions. Findings are presented from in-depth personal interviews with Latino men (specifically, fathers with at least one child between the ages of four and eighteen living at home) from four geographical regions and from a broad cross-section of the Latino population: working and middle class, foreign-born and native-born. Topics range from views on machos and machismo to beliefs regarding masculinity and fatherhood. In addition to reporting research findings and placing them within a historical context, Mirand raws important insights from his own life.Hombres y Machos calls for the development of Chicano/Latino men's studies and will be a significant and provocative addition to the growing literature on gender, masculinity, and race. It will appeal to the general reader and is bound to be an important supplementary text for courses in ethnic studies, women's studies, men's studies, family studies, sociology, psychology, social work, and law.

Book Hombres Y Machos

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alfredo Mirande
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2018-02-12
  • ISBN : 0429979630
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Hombres Y Machos written by Alfredo Mirande and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although patriarchy, machismo, and excessive masculine displays are assumed to be prevalent among Latinos in general and Mexicans in particular, little is known about Latino men or macho masculinity. Hombres y Machos: Masculinity and Latino Culture fills an important void by providing an integrated view of Latino men, masculinity, and fatherhood?in the process refuting many common myths and misconceptions.Examining how Latino men view themselves, Alfredo Mirand rgues that prevailing conceptions of men, masculinity, and gender are inadequate because they are based not on universal norms but on limited and culturally specific conceptions. Findings are presented from in-depth personal interviews with Latino men (specifically, fathers with at least one child between the ages of four and eighteen living at home) from four geographical regions and from a broad cross-section of the Latino population: working and middle class, foreign-born and native-born. Topics range from views on machos and machismo to beliefs regarding masculinity and fatherhood. In addition to reporting research findings and placing them within a historical context, Mirand raws important insights from his own life.Hombres y Machos calls for the development of Chicano/Latino men's studies and will be a significant and provocative addition to the growing literature on gender, masculinity, and race. It will appeal to the general reader and is bound to be an important supplementary text for courses in ethnic studies, women's studies, men's studies, family studies, sociology, psychology, social work, and law.

Book Hombres

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  • Author : Rodríguez Covo Rodríguez
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9789700515533
  • Pages : 181 pages

Download or read book Hombres written by Rodríguez Covo Rodríguez and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mucho Macho

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  • Author : Chris Girman
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2013-12-16
  • ISBN : 1317766032
  • Pages : 397 pages

Download or read book Mucho Macho written by Chris Girman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quality research—uniquely enhanced by the author’s personal experience! In one of the first books to examine machismo from the perspective of Latin American and Latino men, Chris Girman relies on a compelling combination of ethnographic research and personal experience to explain how macho men—men like the author himself—regulate and sustain same-sex erotic encounters. Girman incorporates his own sexual experiences with a variety of Latin men into the book, infusing his writing with the unique perspective and vivid description that can only be related by someone who has lived the research he writes about. While most of the literature on Latin American male same-sex desire ignores the significance of the male body in its investigation, this book shows why it is essential to focus on the macho male body and re-evaluates so-called “machismo” to forge a more nuanced description of Latin American masculinity. Girman incorporates his own sexual experiences with a variety of Latin American men into the book, infusing his writing with the unique perspective and vivid descriptions that can only be related by someone who has lived the research he writes about. With this book, you’ll become familiar with various kinds of Latin-American homosexual behavior. Here’s a glimpse at what you’ll find inside: “Machismo, Practice Theorists, and Macho Performance” summarizes previous research on Latin American male [homo]sexuality and defines the author’s concept of machismo and Latin American masculinity. “Head, Hands, Balls, and Ass” shows why focusing on the body as living matter, rather than metaphor (as is done in so many other books on sexuality), is the ideal point of entry into the study of Latin American male [homo]sexuality and masculinity. This chapter focuses on specific regions of the macho body—head, hands, balls, and ass—to explain how machismo actually promotes, rather than denies, sexual encounters between men. It also shows the importance of the Latin American family as a variable that structures the manner and frequency in which [homo]sexual encounters occur. “The Dominican Tíguere and Hegemonic Masculinities” takes a specific look at a very peculiar form of hegemonic masculinity—relying on cunning more than strength to “come out on top”—that is indigenous to the Dominican Republic. This chapter also tells the stories of five of the author’s sexual encounters in that nation and discusses the tiguere style of masculine performance. “Desire in a Costa Rican Prison” analyzes the ways in which desire, power, and pleasure are constituted in the Latin American prison environment. “Historical Representations of Same-Sex Desire” examines two short stories—El Matadero (Esteban Echeverria) and Comienza el Desfile (Reinaldo Arenas), which highlight male eroticism as important concepts within discourses on national identity. Both stories conceptualize same-sex desire within specific historical moments and demonstrate how male [homo]sexuality emerges and represents itself not in contrast to the dominant discourse, but within that discourse itself. “Familiar, Familial Voices: Latino Men Speak Out” documents the voices of “gay-identified” Latino men living in Central Texas—men who have come to love other Latin, Black, and Anglo men in the context of very full lives. These men reveal their conceptions of identity, race, performance, resistance, family, pleasure, desire, masculinity, silence, and place. “Performing Matter[s]-Masculinity, the Male Body, and the Evocation of the [non]real” defies the notion that written representations can capture the lived realities of

Book Latino Truck Driver Trade

Download or read book Latino Truck Driver Trade written by Johnny Madrigal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do truckers do about their sexual needs on the road? This startling and unique study examines the on-the-road sex lives of Central American truck drivers. It takes a quantitative and qualitative look at the extent of homosexuality, prostitution, drug use, and vulnerability to HIV infection among these men who operate in a strangely unique sexual culture. Latino Truck Driver Trade: Sex and HIV in Central America documents the extent of their sexual activities with both men and women as well as drug use and prostitution among this population. Honest and revealing, this valuable book uncovers the incredible danger that truck drivers put themselves in by risking HIV infection and why Latin sexual culture does not always define men who participate in acts with other men as “homosexual.” Latino Truck Driver Trade explores the concept of “machismo” and why truck drivers act very “manly” (to avoid being teased or being made fun of). Through interviews with truck drivers, this detailed account gives insight into how friends pressure others to perform sexual acts, drink alcohol, and take drugs in order to “fit in.” Latino Truck Driver Trade: Sex and HIV in Central America provides suggestions for HIV prevention programs to decrease the spread of HIV that is prevalent among this group shows how theories of homosexuality fail to account for its widespread practice among Latino heterosexual men explores the sexual practices of these men questions basic assumptions about Latin machismo demonstrates how Latino men can practice homosexuality without acquiring a gay identity shows how this international truck driver culture will impact the U. S. Latino Truck Driver Trade explicitly examines the on-the-road lifestyles of Central American truckers, revealing that many times they are completely the opposite of the quiet, “normal” lives these men lead at home.

Book Macho alfa

Download or read book Macho alfa written by Vincent Almers and published by Self Publisher. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro consta de dos títulos que le darán mucha información sobre los machos alfa. Los títulos contienen los siguientes temas: Los errores que cometen los hombres al salir con mujeres. Cómo puedes hacer que te persiga en lugar de al revés. Formas de percibir los pensamientos de una mujer. Cómo impresionar a las mujeres (y cómo NO impresionarlas). Consejos para citas en línea, lo que ha complicado el mundo. Lo que apaga a las chicas y lo que no las apaga. Las cualidades superiores que las mujeres aprecian en los hombres. Cómo funciona realmente la biología de la atracción. La razón principal por la que queremos que los demás nos quieran. Trucos para distinguirse de otros hombres como un macho alfa. Lenguaje corporal y comportamiento que aumentan sus posibilidades con las mujeres. Características que no debe permitir en su personalidad como un macho alfa. La mentalidad correcta y la medida correcta de confianza en uno mismo. Cómo dominar el enfoque directo para invitar a salir a una mujer. Exactamente lo que hace que las personas se enamoren unas de otras. Mitos sobre la masculinidad y la feminidad que pueden sorprenderte. Y mucho más. Obtenga esta valiosa información ahora, para que usted también pueda convertirse en un verdadero macho alfa. Si eres soltero, esto es para ti. Incluso si ya está junto a una mujer, este libro puede ayudarlo a aumentar su desempeño en su relación.

Book Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance

Download or read book Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance written by Victoria Pettersen Lantz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance explores how children and young people fit into national political theatre and, moreover, how youth enact interrogative, patriotic, and/or antagonistic performances as they develop their own relationship with nationhood. Children are often seen as excluded from public discourse or political action. However, this idea of exclusion is false both because adults place children at the center of political debates (with the rhetoric of future generations) and because children actively insert themselves into public discourse. Whether performing a national anthem for visiting heads of state, creating a school play about a country’s birth, or marching in protest of a change in public policy, young people use theatre and performance as a means of publicly staking a claim in national politics, directly engaging with ideas of nationalism around the world. This collection explores the issues of how children fit into national discourse on international stages. The authors focus on national performances by/for/with youth and examine a wide range of performances from across the globe, from parades and protests to devised and traditional theatre. Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance rethinks how national performance is defined and offers previously unexplored historical and theoretical discussions of political youth performance.

Book Hombres

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  • Author : Rodríguez Covo Rodríguez
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9786078000197
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Hombres written by Rodríguez Covo Rodríguez and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Meanings of Macho

Download or read book The Meanings of Macho written by Matthew C. Gutmann and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling study of machismo in Mexico City, Matthew Gutmann overturns many stereotypes of male culture in Mexico and offers a sensitive and often surprising look at how Mexican men see themselves, parent their children, relate to women, and talk about sex. This tenth anniversary edition features a new preface that updates the stories of the book's key protagonists.

Book Gender Matters

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  • Author : Alejandro Lugo
  • Publisher : University of Michigan Press
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780472086184
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Gender Matters written by Alejandro Lugo and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first reexamination of a key theorist of anthropology

Book Spaces of Masculinities

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  • Author : Kathrin Hörschelmann
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2013-03-07
  • ISBN : 1134399170
  • Pages : 254 pages

Download or read book Spaces of Masculinities written by Kathrin Hörschelmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing circumstances in Western and global societies have introduced new constraints and opportunities for men and the formation of male identities. Meanwhile, the emerging diversity of 'atypical' identities ('atypical' when compared with traditional conceptions of middle-class, white, heterosexual men) poses new challenges for the production and use of spaces. Spaces of Masculinities provides a comprehensive introduction to the innovative and diverse research on spaces of masculinity. Drawing on a variety of geographical research projects, the central concern of the book is to highlight the significance of research on masculinity in sociological and geographical work dealing with constructions of gender.

Book Banda

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  • Author : Helena Simonett
  • Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
  • Release : 2001-01-30
  • ISBN : 9780819564306
  • Pages : 394 pages

Download or read book Banda written by Helena Simonett and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-30 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth study of banda, a Mexican and Mexican American musical practice.

Book Rethinking Chicana o and Latina o Popular Culture

Download or read book Rethinking Chicana o and Latina o Popular Culture written by D. Pérez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a gender, ethnicity, and sexuality lens, Pérez demonstrates that queer Chicana/o and Latina/o identities are much more prevalent in cultural production than most people think. By claiming a variety of characters and texts as queer, he expands the breadth of queer representation in cultural production.

Book Gang Nation

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  • Author : Monica Brown
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780816634781
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Gang Nation written by Monica Brown and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Machos Maricones   Gays

Download or read book Machos Maricones Gays written by Ian Lumsden and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historically based, first-hand report of contemporary homosexuality in Cuban society and culture.

Book A Courtship After Marriage

Download or read book A Courtship After Marriage written by Jennifer S. Hirsch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1960 the fertility rate in Mexico has dropped to about 2.6 children per woman. Such changes are part of a transformation explored in this ethnographic study of generational and migration-related redefinitions of gender, marriage and sexuality in rural Mexico and among Mexicans in Atlanta.

Book Men in Color

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  • Author : Josep M. Armengol
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2011-01-18
  • ISBN : 1443827517
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Men in Color written by Josep M. Armengol and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising seven different chapters, the collection Men in Color attempts to analyze, and revisit, the representation of ethnic masculinities, both white and non-white, in and through contemporary U.S. literature and cinema. If most of the existing studies on masculinity and race have centered on one specific model of racialized masculinities, Men in Color attempts to provide an introductory perspective on different racialized masculinities simultaneously, including African American, Asian American, Chicano, Arab American, and also white masculinity, which is analyzed as another ethnic and gendered construct, rather than as a paradigm of normalcy and “universality.” By exploring several ethnic masculinities in relation to each other, the present volume aims to highlight both the differences and the similarities between different patterns of masculinity, showing how, even as gender is inflected by race, certain aspects or features of masculinity remain unchanged across the ethnic board. Ultimately, the volume as a whole illustrates both the changing nature of masculinities as well as the recurrence of certain stereotypes, such as the hypersexualization and/or the feminization of ethnic males, which recur in and across several ethnicities. The constant tension and intersection between gender and race is the subject of this book, which hopes to contribute some notes and reflections on ethnic masculinities to the much more complex and larger discussion about gender and racial identities in our increasingly multicultural and globalized 21st-century world.