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.
The Meanings of Macho Being a Man in Mexico City, Tenth Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface
About the Book
Reviews
“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 MexicoPraise 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
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
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