The Meanings of Macho

In this compelling study of machismo in Mexico City, Matthew Gutmann overturns many stereotypes of male culture in Mexico and offers a sensitive and often surprising look at how Mexican men see themselves, parent their children, relate to women, and talk about sex. This tenth anniversary edition features a new preface that updates the stories of the book's key protagonists.

Matthew Gutmann is Professor of Anthropology, Ethnic Studies, and Latin American Studies at Brown University and is the author of The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City (Tenth Anniversary edition, 2006) and The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico (2002), both from UC Press.

Acknowledgments 
Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition 
Maps 

Introduction: Gender Conventions 
I. Real Mexican Machos Are Born to Die 
2. The Invasion of Santo Domingo 
3. Imaginary Fathers, Genuine Fathers 
4. Motherly Presumptions and Presumptuous Mothers
5. Men's Sex 
6. Diapers and Dishes, Words and Deeds 
7. Degendering Alcohol 
8. Fear and Loathing in Male Violence 
9. Machismo 
IO. Creative Contradictions 

Notes 
Glossary 
Bibliography 
Index