Description
Book SynopsisA study of machismo in Mexico City, this work overturns many stereotypes of male culture in Mexico and looks at how Mexican men see themselves, parent their children, relate to women, and talk about sex.
Trade Review"Gutmann has done the hithertofore seemingly unthinkable. [A] wholly other vision of Mexican gender relations emerges." - Jose Limon, American Anthropologist "This book does for the study of men what two generations of feminist anthropologists have done for the study of women." - Lynn Stephen, author of Zapotec Women"
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition
Maps
Introduction: Gender Conventions
I. Real Mexican Machos Are Born to Die
2. The Invasion of Santo Domingo
3. Imaginary Fathers, Genuine Fathers
4. Motherly Presumptions and Presumptuous Mothers
5. Men's Sex
6. Diapers and Dishes, Words and Deeds
7. Degendering Alcohol
8. Fear and Loathing in Male Violence
9. Machismo
IO. Creative Contradictions
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
