Muy Macho Latino Men Confront Their Manhood

Name: Muy Macho Latino Men Confront Their Manhood
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ISBN: 9780385478618

ISBN-10: 0385478615

ISBN-13: 9780385478618

Edition: 1996

Authors: Ray Gonzalez

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From the Homeboy to the Latin Lover, America cherishes a host of images about Latino men, yet all are based on the belief in macho men, virile and brash, full of violence and testosterone. With the gender correctness of the 90s challenging all men to embrace a new masculinity, how do Latino men of today--grounded in the "macho" tradition -- define this new identity? From today's best-known, as well as emerging, Latino writers, poet and editor Ray Gonzalez has gathered personal essays written especially for Muy Macho on machismo and masculinity. The result is a rich and exciting collection of men talking about themselves, about other men, about their wives and lovers, about their fathers…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.15" wide x 9.20" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Editor's Acknowledgments


About the Editor


Introduction



Me Macho, You Jane



From the Land of Machos: Journey to Oz With My Father



Guatemalan Macho Oratory



How to Live With a Feminista and (Still) Be a Macho: Notes Unabridged



"I'm the King": The Macho Image



The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son



Of Cholos and Surfers



Whores



Romancing the Exiliado



All About Rachel



Bless Me, Father



The Latin Phallus



My Literary Fathers



On Macho



Fathers in the Mirror



My Father and the Snow



Acknowledgments