Machos, mistresses, madonnas : contesting the power of Latin American gender imagery / edited by Marit Melhuus and Kristi Anne Stolen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melhuus, Marit.

Stølen, Kristi Anne.

Series:

Critical studies in Latin American and Iberian cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity--Latin America--Congresses.

Gender identity.

Latin America.

Sex role--Latin America--Congresses.

Sex role.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 272 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : New York : Verso, 1996.

Contents:

Playing styles and masculine virtues in Argtentine football / Eduardo P. Archetti

Pacharacas, putas and chicas de su casa: labelling, femininity and men's sexual selves in Lima, Peru / Lorraine Nencel

Domination and desire: male homosexuality and the construction of masculinity in Mexico / Annick Prieur

Masculinity and the political among Dominicans: 'the Dominican tiger' / Christian Krohn-Hansen

The Gendering of ethnicity in the Ecuadorian Andes: native women's self-fashioning in the urban marketplace / Mary M. Crain

The Power of gender discourses in a multi-ethnic community in rural Argentina / Kristi Anne Stolen

Power and self-identity: the beekeepers of Ayuquila / Magdalena Villareal

The Production of gendered imagery: the concheros of Mexico / Susanna Rostas

Power, value and the ambiguous meanings of gender / Marit Melhuus.

Notes:

"This book originated from a symposium on 'The Power of Latin American Gender Imagery' held at the 48th International Congress of Americanists in Stockholm/Uppsala in July 1994"--P. vii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1859848052

1859841600

OCLC:

35887230