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Machismo, 2005.
A discussion and analysis of two essays about machismo, "What is Macho" by Rudolfo Anaya and "Machismo is Complex" by Omar S. Castaneda.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper discusses two essays on machismo, "What is Macho?" by Rudolfo Anaya and "Machismo is Complex" by Omar S. Castaneda. The paper summarizes the points made by in the two essays and then explains the macho defense system dynamic that perpetuates machismo in men.
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Machismo, 2002.
A look at the cultural history of machismo and the Latino male in contemporary society.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This essay examines the concept of gender behavior known as "machismo," and discusses the cultural and historical contexts for understanding Latino and Hispanic macho masculinity. Machismo can be attributed to early Spanish colonizers in Mexico and in Cuba, and finds its origins in family structures and social status in medieval honor and chivalry. The development of machismo through the cultural changes in Mexico and Cuba have led to a gender oppression that affects women and men, as contemporary machismo often lacks a cultural relevance that can signify the role masculinity plays in Hispanic traditions.
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Machismo, 2002.
A discussion of the concept of machismo in Latin American fiction.
778 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper looks at the concept of machismo, a frequently cited element in Latin American literature, which is manifested in different ways in novels about Latin American characters. It examines how it is used in the novels "Joaquin Murieta" by Yellow Bird, "Zoot-Suit Murders" by Thomas Sanchez and "Tortilla Flat" by John Steinbeck. It evaluates how machismo is more than a cult of virility as it combines elements of courage and intransigence with an aggressive maleness and contrasts it with the Mexican vision of the passivity of women, seen as submissive and open by nature. It shows how the family serves as the center of socialization, kinship and control and transmission of property in Latin American society and how any changes in family structure take place over a long period of time. Machismo is often tied with family structure as well as gender relations in a more general sense.
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"Hispanic-Americans in Los Angeles constitute a distinct subculture. There are two strands in this subculture distinguished by legalities, one the native-born, the other an immigrant population. The immigrant population itself is divided into legals and illegals, depending on how the immigrant arrived and what his or her status is with regard to the government. Los Angeles was one of the regions of California that possessed a large Hispanic population from the beginning, and the presence of this community was one of the reasons for others moving northward into this area to join that existing group. Some of the tensions felt in the younger generation emerged in the real riots that took place in 1943, the basis for Thomas Sanchez's novel Zoot-Suit Murders. The Zoot Suit Riots involved an explosion within the Mexican-American community which in part was an explosion of machismo against the influx of white soldiers and related personnel during the war."
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Machismo, 2005.
An overview of the concept of machismo and its influence within Latin American countries.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper considers the nature of the concept and attitude of machismo and its development on and influence within Latin America, countries shaped by the Spanish Conquest when the conquistadores entered the New World and conquered the Aztecs and other native peoples. It notes how machismo is described as more than a cult of virility as it combines elements of courage and intransigence with an aggressive maleness.
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"A frequently cited element in Latin culture is the concept of machismo, described as more than a cult of virility as it combines elements of courage and intransigence with an aggressive maleness. This contrasts with the Mexican vision of the passivity of women, seen as submissive and open by nature. This concept is known as marianismo. The two concepts developed from sharp definitions of femininity and masculinity in both Iberian and indigenous cultures, involving a resulting polarization in socialization, division of labor, and education between men and women. Sexism is an elusive and complex intellectual and social issue in Latin America, where so many women have been reluctant to abandon traditional models of femininity. "
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"The Reformation of Machismo", 2002.
A look at the effect of religion on traditional gender roles in "The Reformation of Machismo" by Elizabeth Brusco.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper is a book report on "The Reformation of Machismo" by Elizabeth Brusco. The book itself is about the changes that have taken place in many Colombian men who have converted to Evangelical Christianity (Protestantism) from Catholicism. These changes include a renewed involvement with their wives and with the domestic sphere in general, as well as an interest in education and a reduction of destructive behaviors like infidelity, gambling, and excessive drinking. This constitutes the potential for viewing Evangelicalism as a women's movement in Colombia.
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The Latin American Women?s Movement, 2006.
An look at the Latin American women's movement from 1970 until present day.
4,625 words (approx. 18.5 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 119.95
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This paper examines how although most Latin American countries were given suffrage as early as 1940, 30 years later, by 1971 women were still locked into a culture of Catholicism, control and machismo. The paper discusses the many aspects of women's rights that need to be addressed in order for women to be truly accepted as equals.
Table of Contents:
General Suffrage
Latin American Suffrage
Human Rights/Women's Rights
Women and Employment
Employment and Working Conditions
Argentina and Mexico
Latin American Women Reproductive and Health Issues
Latin American Women's Health Issues
Latin American Women in Politics
Human Rights Issues for Women in Latin America
Legal Protection for Latin American Women
Latin American Women and Violence
Conclusion
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"The Roman Catholic Church has a strong political hold on the hearts and minds of Latin American and the influence of the Roman Catholic Church has kept a majority of Latin American women chained to the cycle of childbirth. Despite the fact that a majority of Latin American women have been the "beneficiaries" of universal suffrage since World War II, family planning that was not in accordance with the Roman Catholic Church's edicts has been severely limited. A woman who is unable to obtain or hold a job because of her constant gravid state is unlikely to put emancipation before basic survival. Unfortunately Latin American's economic condition has suffered because of as burgeoning uncontrollable population explosion which compromises the health and welfare not only of the women large numbers of children but the children themselves."
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Latinos and Homosexuality, 2004.
An overview of the attitudes and stigma affecting homosexual Latinos.
1,883 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper discusses how Latinos come from a very strongly gender-differentiated culture where machismo rules, leading to the ?blackening? of homosexuality, and causing it to become taboo. It analyzes how this has led to many problems, most notably high rates of HIV infection among Latinos and, subsequently, Latinas, who are typically married to a secretly gay husband who contracts HIV with his male partner and then transmits it to the wife. It also looks at the differences between homosexual Latinos and Caucasian homosexuals and how Latino homosexuals are treated within their communities, by their families, and within Latin America as a whole.
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"These are the traditional gender divisions within latino communites, although in some countries, such as Colombia, and in immigrant communities within the US, for example, these traditional cultural values are becoming more fluid, and women are generally being allowed more liberation. This is not the case, however, for homosexuals.
The macho latino culture does not see homosexuality as a viable option, with the culture defining the homosexual act as somehow against nature, against the dictates of Catholicism, and against all the latino cultural values, of familismo, machismo, etc. Homosexuals, in both genders, are therefore frowned upon, still, by the latino community."
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?The Meanings of Macho?, 2004.
A review of Matthew C. Gutman's book, ?The Meanings of Macho?, on gender interpretation.
1,560 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper examines how Matthew C. Gutman wrote a compelling book on what it is to be a man in Mexico City called ?The Meanings of Macho.? It looks at how he found he was not happy with the work other anthropologists had done on the stereotypes of machismo there. It explores how the book brings forth and discusses several key issues, such as the division of labor, expectations of sexual morality and safe sex, and domestic violence.
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"Additional issues that are discussed in the book are the expectations of sexual morality and safe sex, and the struggle to legalize abortion. Neither gender really understands sex or each other?s bodies but as a whole, women are much more educated about sex than men as they have more opportunity to talk about it than men do. Women are in charge for using birth control in their relations with men. This is frequently made difficult, however, because men are often opposed to using condoms."
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