ISBN:
1845454618
,
9781845454616
,
9781282627475
,
9781845458850
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 138 p)
,
ill
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
n / a
Parallel Title:
Print version Against Machismo : Young Adult Voices in Mexico City
DDC:
305.242086/22097253
Keywords:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Students
;
Attitudes
;
Public opinion
;
Young adults Attitudes
;
Machismo Public opinion
Abstract:
Based on fieldwork conducted among middle-class university students primarily at the national university (UNAM) in Mexico City, this study explores gender relations as reflected in the words macho and machismo. The author concludes that the students use them to denote aspects of their families of origin that they consider unfavorable and aspects of the cultural past that they wish to leave behind in their own lives. In capturing the lively and revealing conversations of these young voices, the author offers a compelling analysis of how gender concepts and identities are changing in contemporar
Description / Table of Contents:
Title page-Against Machismo; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Ch 1-Talking Change; Ch 2-The Chifladas of Engineering; Ch 3-Life charts and gender suffering; Ch 4-Conflict narratives; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [124]-126) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
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