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Book Muy Macho

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray Gonzalez
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • Release : 1996-05-01
  • ISBN : 0385478615
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Muy Macho written by Ray Gonzalez and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Homeboy to the Latin Lover, America cherishes a host of images about Latino men, yet all are based on the belief in macho men, virile and brash, full of violence and testosterone. With the gender correctness of the 90s challenging all men to embrace a new masculinity, how do Latino men of today--grounded in the "macho" tradition -- define this new identity? From today's best-known, as well as emerging, Latino writers, poet and editor Ray Gonzalez has gathered personal essays written especially for Muy Macho on machismo and masculinity. The result is a rich and exciting collection of men talking about themselves, about other men, about their wives and lovers, about their fathers and their sons. In "Me Macho, You Jane," Dagoberto Gilb contrasts how he perceives himself with how others, particularly women, interpret his behavior, while in "Whores," Luis Alberto Urrea chronicles a rite of passage for many Latino men. Most insightful and moving are essays like "The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son" by poet Martin Espada, which portray the fragile love between fathers and sons and the process by which men learn from and teach each other how to be men. Muy Macho contains photographs of all contributors, while Gonzalez illuminates the cultural context of Latino masculinity in his introduction. Emotionally honest and powerfully written, the voices of Muy Macho break the "cult of silence" between Latino men which prevents our culture from understanding the true nature of machismo.

Book Muy Macho

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray Gonzalez
  • Publisher : Turtleback Books
  • Release : 1996-05-01
  • ISBN : 9781417710911
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Muy Macho written by Ray Gonzalez and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Homeboy to the Latin Lover, America cherishes a host of images about Latino men, yet all are based on the belief in macho men, virile and brash, full of violence and testosterone. Featuring works by some of today's best-known as well as emerging Latino writers, this provocative collection of 15 original essays defines the culture of "machismo". Photos.

Book The Latino Male

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  • Author : David T. Abalos
  • Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9781555879341
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book The Latino Male written by David T. Abalos and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abalos (religious studies and sociology, Seton Hall U.) presents a critique of archetypal roles of Latino males including the womanizer, the macho, and the patriarch. As an alternative to these outdated and restrictive ways of living, Abalos describes how Latino males are able to radically redefine themselves and create new transformational archetypes. He goes on to discuss how Latino men can become agents of transformation in the family and the larger world. c. Book News Inc.

Book Counseling Hispanics Through Loss  Grief  And Bereavement

Download or read book Counseling Hispanics Through Loss Grief And Bereavement written by Ligia M. Houben and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart

Book Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino a Mental Health

Download or read book Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino a Mental Health written by Hector Y. Adames and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advancing work to effectively study, understand, and serve the fastest growing U.S. ethnic minority population, this volume explicitly emphasizes the racial and ethnic diversity within this heterogeneous cultural group. The focus is on the complex historical roots of contemporary Latino/as, their diversity in skin-color and physiognomy, racial identity, ethnic identity, gender differences, immigration patterns, and acculturation. The work highlights how the complexities inherent in the diverse Latino/a experience, as specified throughout the topics covered in this volume, become critical elements of culturally responsive and racially conscious mental health treatment approaches. By addressing the complexities, within-group differences, and racially heterogeneity characteristic of U.S. Latino/as, this volume makes a significant contribution to the literature related to mental health treatments and interventions.

Book Migrant Men

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mike Donaldson
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2009-09-11
  • ISBN : 1135846251
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Migrant Men written by Mike Donaldson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume contributes an important collection of chapters to the growing theoretical and empirical work being undertaken at the international level on men and migration. The chapters presented here focus on what we might call ‘migratory masculinities': the experiences men have of masculinity upon immigration into another national, ethnic, and cultural context. How do these men (re)construct their conceptions of masculinity? Where are the points of tension, ambivalence or assimilation in this process? Featuring interviews and data drawn from migrants working and living in Australia, this book explores how the gender identity of men from non-English-speaking backgrounds is influenced by the experiences of migration and settlement in an English-speaking culture, across various cultural spheres such as work, leisure, family life and religion.

Book Journal of American Folklore

Download or read book Journal of American Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cambridge Readings in Spanish Literature

Download or read book Cambridge Readings in Spanish Literature written by J. Fitzmaurice-Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1920 selection of extracts that are mainly characteristic of their authors.

Book The Rifleman

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  • Author : Christopher Sharrett
  • Publisher : Wayne State University Press
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780814330821
  • Pages : 148 pages

Download or read book The Rifleman written by Christopher Sharrett and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive analysis of what many consider to be television's most intelligent western.

Book Poemas de Toda Mi Vida

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  • Author : Salvador Rubén Diodonet Burgos
  • Publisher : Palibrio
  • Release : 2011-05
  • ISBN : 1617647489
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Poemas de Toda Mi Vida written by Salvador Rubén Diodonet Burgos and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amigo mío, el caminar por esta tierra, nos deja lleno de muchas experiencias vividas. Mis poemas, es como un tren que va recorriendo a muchas aldeas y en cada aldea que pasa recoge un recuerdo vivido. Así es nuestra mente, va recorriendo momentos vividos a través de nuestro corto tiempo aquí en la tierra. Estos momentos vividos, son expresados por varios temas como DIOS, LA MUJER, LA NATURALEZA, LA PATRIA, EL AMOR Y otros temas generales. Dedico pues, mi primer libro de poemas, a todo aquel que como yo, haya vivido los momentos que yo viví en esta tierra y ha sabido dejar su huella en cualquier medio literario, inclu- yendo la poesía que es mi especialidad, para una nueva generación.

Book Hombres Y Machos

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  • 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 Made of Shores

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  • Author : Amalia Ran
  • Publisher : Lehigh University Press
  • Release : 2011-08-16
  • ISBN : 1611460158
  • Pages : 183 pages

Download or read book Made of Shores written by Amalia Ran and published by Lehigh University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Made of Shores places Jewish Argentinean fiction within the context of Latin American literature and Judaic Studies. It offers the reader to participate actively in the scholarly debates on issues of memory and identity, and the different representations of Jewishness in Latin America. By reviewing the new material conditions within Argentina and its diasporas, this book imposes a new reflection on what Judeo-Argentinean fiction is all about

Book Shammoo of the North

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  • Author : Émile Boujardo
  • Publisher : Leo de Oliveira
  • Release : 2014-11-18
  • ISBN : 0992453100
  • Pages : 1408 pages

Download or read book Shammoo of the North written by Émile Boujardo and published by Leo de Oliveira. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 1408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shammoo is a carefree young polar bear who, one day, encounters an old and dying Inuit out on the tundra. After sharing the latter's excellent provisions and remaining few hours of life, Shammoo rounds off the acquaintance by feasting on his late friend's remains. In retribution, the Inuit's relatives demand a vendetta against the bear. Thus, Shammoo is driven out of his ancestral lands, and embarks on a giant iceberg in a desperate attempt to gain the shores of the fabled lucky iceberg, aka Australia, where he plans to begin a new life as a refugee. Unfortunately, a small but critical error in navigation lands him on the adjacent continental landmass of B'gandia, aka the lucky paddock. After passing the country's stringent immigration requirements, Shammoo makes the acquaintance of a succession of individuals that lead him to question whether the lucky paddock is indeed deserving of its cheerful sobriquet. This tale of innocence corrupted, of obsession and unnatural appetites, Shammoo of the North is a riveting drama, exploring rage, hope, destiny, and the deepest questions of moral truth, as well as issues of vital importance to the environment. This is truly a book with a message, suitable for reading on the porcelain throne. Please recycle.

Book Interpreting the New Milenio

Download or read book Interpreting the New Milenio written by M. Carmen Gómez Galisteo and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpreting the New Milenio is a collection of essays analyzing the past, present and future directions of Chicano Literature. Beginning with the presence of Spanish conquistadors in the U.S. and ending with contemporary authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Interpreting the New Milenio covers well-known Chicano authors as well as lesser known 19th-century Hispanic writers. The essays in the collection examine Chicano literature as well as its precedents as a whole, so as to find the keys for the interpretation of the challenges posed by the new millennium.

Book Before Chicano

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alberto Varon
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2018-07-31
  • ISBN : 1479873543
  • Pages : 293 pages

Download or read book Before Chicano written by Alberto Varon and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovers the long history of how Latino manhood was integral to the formation of Latino identity In the first ever book-length study of Latino manhood before the Civil Rights Movement, Before Chicano examines Mexican American print culture to explore how conceptions of citizenship and manhood developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The year 1848 saw both the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the U.S. Mexican War and the year of the Seneca Falls Convention, the first organized conference on women’s rights in the United States. These concurrent events signaled new ways of thinking about U.S. citizenship, and placing these historical moments into conversation with the archive of Mexican American print culture, Varon offers an expanded temporal frame for Mexican Americans as long-standing participants in U.S. national projects. Pulling from a wide-variety of familiar and lesser-known works—from fiction and newspapers to government documents, images, and travelogues—Varon illustrates how Mexican Americans during this period envisioned themselves as U.S. citizens through cultural depictions of manhood. Before Chicano reveals how manhood offered a strategy to disparate Latino communities across the nation to imagine themselves as a cohesive whole—as Mexican Americans—and as political agents in the U.S. Though the Civil Rights Movement is typically recognized as the origin point for the study of Latino culture, Varon pushes us to consider an intellectual history that far predates the late twentieth century, one that is both national and transnational. He expands our framework for imagining Latinos’ relationship to the U.S. and to a past that is often left behind.

Book From Wiseguys to Wise Men

Download or read book From Wiseguys to Wise Men written by Fred Gardaphe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gangster, in the hands of the Italian American artist, becomes a telling figure in the tale of American race, gender, and ethnicity - a figure that reflects the autobiography of an immigrant group just as it reflects the fantasy of a native population. From Wiseguys to Wise Men studies the figure of the gangster and explores its social function in the construction and projection of masculinity in the United States. By looking at the cultural icon of the gangster through the lens of gender, this book presents new insights into material that has been part of American culture for close to 100 years.

Book Critical Essays on Chicano Studies

Download or read book Critical Essays on Chicano Studies written by Ramón Espejo and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the most recent critical and theoretical approaches in the field of Chicano studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. The contributions go back to the 4th International Conference on Chicano Literature which took place in Sevilla in May 2004. They deal with a wide variety of topics and approach the subject from diverse viewpoints. Some examine specific literary texts by major Chicano authors from feminist, comparative and close-reading approaches, others discuss ideological and cultural issues like folklore, ethnicity, identity, sexuality or stereotypes, while yet others focus on artistic manifestations like films and murals. Furthermore, the volume also includes an interview with the Chicana writer Ana Castillo. The main goal of this collection is to find new cultural possibilities and strategies while exploring future dilemmas in the field of Chicano Studies.