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Title: Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas
Condition: New
Subtitle: Contesting the Power of Latin American Gender Imagery
Author: Marit Melhuus
Contributor: Eduardo Archetti (Contributions by), Kristi Anne Stølen (Edited by), Christian Krohn-Hansen (Contributions by), Magdalena Villarreal (Contributions by), Annick Prieur (Contributions by), Lorraine Nencel (Contributions by), Susanna Rostas (Contributions by), Mary Crain (Contributions by), Marit Melhuus (Edited by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1859841600
EAN: 9781859841600
ISBN: 9781859841600
Publisher: Verso Books
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences, Gender Sex & Relationships
Release Date: 17/12/1996
Description: Challenging the stereotypical images of the dominating male and the subservient woman, Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas addresses the variety of representations of gender in Latin American culture. Ranging across homosexuality, prostitution, football, politics and ethnic relations, this fascinating study analyzes the many potent images of gender, from Maradona, the child trickster of Argentinian football, to La Malinche, mistress of a conquistador and traitor to her nation.
Based on social anthropological fieldwork, the essays in Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas present rich ethnographic material drawn from a variety of locations in Latin America, from Mexico City to the highlands of Ecuador. Paying particular attention to the cultural and symbolic meanings of gender research in the region, together the essays reveal the central role of gender differences in the making of ethnic, national, political and economic divisions.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 218mm
Item Length: 137mm
Item Width: 23mm
Item Weight: 347g
Release Year: 1996

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