Research Catalog

Title

Machos, mistresses, madonnas : contesting the power of Latin American gender imagery / edited by Marit Melhuus and Kristi Anne Stølen.

Publication

London : New York : Verso, 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Melhuus, Marit.
• Stølen, Kristi Anne.

Description

viii, 272 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Critical studies in Latin American and Iberian cultures

Uniform Title

Critical studies in Latin American and Iberian cultures.

Subjects

• Gender identity > Latin America > Congresses
• Sex role > Latin America > Congresses

Note

• "This book originated from a symposium on 'The Power of Latin American Gender Imagery' held at the 48th International Congress of Americanists in Stockholm/Uppsala in July 1994"--P. vii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction / Marit Melhuus and Kristi Anne Stolen -- 2. Playing Styles and Masculine Virtues in Argentine Football / Eduardo P. Archetti -- 3. Pacharacas, Putas and Chicas de su casa: Labelling, Femininity and Men's Sexual Selves in Lima, Peru / Lorraine Nencel -- 4. Domination and Desire: Male Homosexuality and the Construction of Masculinity in Mexico / Annick Prieur -- 5. Masculinity and the Political among Dominicans: 'The Dominican Tiger' / Christian Krohn-Hansen -- 6. The Gendering of Ethnicity in the Ecuadorian Andes: Native Women's Self-Fashioning in the Urban Marketplace / Mary M. Crain -- 7. The Power of Gender Discourses in a Multi-Ethnic Community in Rural Argentina / Kristi Anne Stolen -- 8. Power and Self-Identity: The Beekeepers of Ayuquila / Magdalena Villarreal -- 9. The Production of Gendered Imagery: The Concheros of Mexico / Susanna Rostas -- 10. Power, Value and the Ambiguous Meanings of Gender / Marit Melhuus.

ISBN

• 1859848052
• 1859841600 (pbk.)
• 9781859841600 (pbk.)

LCCN

96048949

OCLC

ocm35887230

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries