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Author Lipsett-Rivera, Sonya, 1961- author.

Title The origins of macho : men and masculinity in colonial Mexico / Sonya Lipsett-Rivera
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages) : color illustrations
Series Diálogos series
Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Contents Many masculinities -- Becoming a man -- Sexuality -- Men and work -- Men and their world -- Men and men -- The seeds of macho
Summary With limited resources to contextualize masculinity in colonial Mexico, film, literature, and social history perpetuate the stereotype associating Mexican men with machismo--defined as excessive virility that is accompanied by bravado and explosions of violence. While scholars studying men's gender identities in the colonial period have used Inquisition documents to explore their subject, these documents are inherently limiting given that the men described in them were considered to be criminals or otherwise marginal. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century resources, too, provide a limited perspective on machismo in the colonial period. The Origins of Macho addresses this deficiency by basing its study of colonial Mexican masculinity on the experiences of mainstream men. Lipsett-Rivera traces the genesis of the Mexican macho by looking at daily interactions between Mexican men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In doing so she establishes an important foundation for gender studies in Mexico and Latin America and makes a significant contribution to the larger field of masculinity studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-263) and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 14, 2022)
Subject Men -- Mexico -- History
Machismo -- Mexico -- History
Masculinity -- Mexico -- History
Men -- Mexico -- Identity
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Civilization
Machismo
Masculinity
Men
Men -- Identity
Mann
Männlichkeit
Kolonie
Kolonialismus
Geschlechterrolle
SUBJECT Mexico -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084546
Subject Mexico
Mexiko
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018060651
ISBN 9780826360410
0826360416