Against Machismo: Young Adult Voices in Mexico City

Based on fieldwork conducted among middle-class university students primarily at the national university (UNAM) in Mexico City, this study explores gender relations as reflected in the words macho and machismo. The author concludes that the students use them to denote aspects of their families of or...

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Main Author: Ramirez, Josué (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2008]
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Summary:Based on fieldwork conducted among middle-class university students primarily at the national university (UNAM) in Mexico City, this study explores gender relations as reflected in the words macho and machismo. The author concludes that the students use them to denote aspects of their families of origin that they consider unfavorable and aspects of the cultural past that they wish to leave behind in their own lives. In capturing the lively and revealing conversations of these young voices, the author offers a compelling analysis of how gender concepts and identities are changing in contemporary Mexico City
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (156 Seiten)
ISBN:9781845458850
DOI:10.1515/9781845458850

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