Ranging from fatherhood to machismo and from public health to
housework, "Changing Men and Masculinities""in Latin America" is a
collection of pioneering studies of what it means to be a man in
Latin America. Matthew C. Gutmann brings together essays by
well-known U.S. Latin Americanists and newly translated essays by
noted Latin American scholars. Historically grounded and attuned to
global political and economic changes, this collection investigates
what, if anything, is distinctive about and common to masculinity
across Latin America at the same time that it considers the
relative benefits and drawbacks of studies focusing on men there.
Demonstrating that attention to masculinities does not thwart
feminism, the contributors illuminate the changing relationships
between men and women and among men of different ethnic groups,
sexual orientations, and classes.
The contributors look at Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil,
Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, and the United States. They bring
to bear a number of disciplines--anthropology, history, literature,
public health, and sociology--and a variety of methodologies
including ethnography, literary criticism, and statistical
analysis. Whether analyzing rape legislation in Argentina, the
unique space for candid discussions of masculinity created in an
Alcoholics Anonymous group in Mexico, the role of shame in shaping
Chicana and Chicano identities and gender relations, or
homosexuality in Brazil, "Changing Men and Masculinities"
highlights the complex distinctions between normative conceptions
of masculinity in Latin America and the actual experiences and
thoughts of particular men and women.
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Contributors." Xavier Andrade, Daniel Balderston, Peter Beattie,
Stanley Brandes, Hector Carrillo, Miguel Diaz Barriga, Agustin
Escobar, Francisco Ferrandiz, Claudia Fonseca, Norma Fuller,
Matthew C. Gutmann, Donna Guy, Florencia Mallon, Jose Olavarria,
Richard Parker, Mara Viveros
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