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With limited resources to contextualize masculinity in colonial
Mexico, film, literature, and social history perpetuate the
stereotype associating Mexican men with machismo--defined as
excessive virility that is accompanied by bravado and explosions of
violence. While scholars studying men's gender identities in the
colonial period have used Inquisition documents to explore their
subject, these documents are inherently limiting given that the men
described in them were considered to be criminals or otherwise
marginal. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century resources, too, provide
a limited perspective on machismo in the colonial period. The
Origins of Macho addresses this deficiency by basing its study of
colonial Mexican masculinity on the experiences of mainstream men.
Lipsett-Rivera traces the genesis of the Mexican macho by looking
at daily interactions between Mexican men in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. In doing so she establishes an important
foundation for gender studies in Mexico and Latin America and makes
a significant contribution to the larger field of masculinity
studies.
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Lost Gary, Indiana
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Explore the haunted history of Salem, Massachusetts.
Few people beyond South Carolina’s Lowcountry knew of Emanuel African
Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston—Mother Emanuel—before the
night of June 17, 2015, when a twenty-one-year-old white supremacist
walked into Bible study and slaughtered the church’s charismatic pastor
and eight other worshippers. Although the shooter had targeted Mother
Emanuel—the first A.M.E. church in the South—to agitate racial strife,
he did not anticipate the aftermath: an outpouring of forgiveness from
the victims’ families and a reckoning with the divisions of caste that
have afflicted Charleston and the South since the earliest days of
European settlement.
Mother Emanuel explores the fascinating history that brought the church
to that moment and the depth of the desecration committed in its
fellowship hall. It reveals how African Methodism was cultivated from
the harshest American soil, and how Black suffering shaped forgiveness
into both a religious practice and a survival tool. Kevin Sack, who has
written about race in his native South for more than four decades, uses
the church to trace the long arc of Black life in the city where nearly
half of enslaved Africans disembarked in North America and where the
Civil War began. Through the microcosm of one congregation, he explores
the development of a unique practice of Christianity, from its daring
breakaway from white churches in 1817, through the traumas of Civil War
and Reconstruction, to its critical role in the Civil Rights Movement
and beyond.
At its core, Mother Emanuel is an epic tale of perseverance, not just
of a congregation but of a people who withstood enslavement, Jim Crow,
and all manner of violence with an unbending faith.
Discover a wide range of fascinating and bizarre tales from
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Explore the history of brewing and beer culture in Louisville,
Kentucky.
Perhaps no other area of Utah reflects the state's expansive
diversity as clearly as the Wasatch Front. "Utah Reflections:
Stories from the Wasatch Front" captures the heritage and identity
of this self-defining part of the state. These personal stories are
grounded in the mountains, waters, deserts and cities of a
distinctive geography, from Cache Valley to Salt Lake City to
Provo. Contributors include Lance Larson, Katharine Coles, Phyllis
Barber, Sylvia Torti, Chadd VanZanten, Pam Houston and Terry
Tempest Williams, as well as other exciting established and new
voices. Each piece was thoughtfully selected as part of a sweeping
panorama of cultural history and the traditions of a people bound
to the region to show what makes the Wasatch Front unique,
prosperous and beloved.
In 1859, the legendary Frank Jones Brewery was founded in
Portsmouth, paving the way for the booming craft beer scene of
today. The surge of budding breweries is bringing exciting styles
and flavors to thirsty local palates and neighborhood bars from the
White Mountains to the seacoast. Join beer scholars and adventurers
Brian Aldrich and Michael Meredith as they explore all of the
tastes New Hampshire beer has to offer. They've scoured the taps at
Martha's Exchange, peeked around the brew house at Smuttynose and
gotten personal with the brewers behind Flying Goose and Moat
Mountain. Discover, pint for pint, the craft and trade of the
state's unique breweries, from the up-and-comers like Earth Eagle
and Schilling to old stalwarts like Elm City and Portsmouth
Brewery.
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