Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico
Book description
In Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico, historians and anthropologists explain how evolving notions of the meaning and practice of manhood have shaped Mexican history. In essays that range from Texas to Oaxaca and from the 1880s to the present, contributors write about file clerks and movie stars, wealthy world…
Why read it?
1 author picked Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a solid edited volume that has contributions from leading scholars of Mexican history exploring straight and gay sexualities from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century in different parts of the country. The chapters examine a wide range of interesting topics including cinema and movie going, public bathhouses, prostitution, elopement, and mariachi culture to untangle how masculinities are historically constructed and to interrogate the concepts of macho and machismo.
From Natalia's list on the history of sexuality in modern Latin America.
Want books like Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico?
Our community of 11,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico.
Browse books like Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico
