The Meanings of Macho
Being a Man in Mexico City
Tenth Anniversary Edition
$23.95, £13.95 paperback
978-0-520-25013-0
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362 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 20 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables
October 2006, Available worldwide
Categories: Gender Studies; Sociology; Anthropology; Latin American Studies; Men & Masculinity
October 2006, Available worldwide
Categories: Gender Studies; Sociology; Anthropology; Latin American Studies; Men & Masculinity
"In what may be the most fitting tribute to Gutmann's ability to study human beings rather than subjects, the preface to the new edition mostly consists of epilogues on what has happened to the main characters rather than updated ethnographic data. This is a book about people."—The Herald Mexico
Praise for the first edition:
"Gutmann has done the hithertofore seemingly unthinkable. [A] wholly other vision of Mexican gender relations emerges."—José Limón, 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
"Gutmann has done the hithertofore seemingly unthinkable. [A] wholly other vision of Mexican gender relations emerges."—José Limón, 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
In this compelling study of machismo in Mexico City, Matthew Gutmann overturns many stereotypes of male culture in Mexico and offers a sensitive and often surprising look at how Mexican men see themselves, parent their children, relate to women, and talk about sex. This tenth anniversary edition features a new preface that updates the stories of the book's key protagonists.
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