Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas: Contesting the Power of Latin American Gender Imagery

ISBN-13: 9781859841600 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 288 str.

Marit Melhuus; Kristi Anne Stolen

Opis

Challenging the stereotypical images of the dominating male and the subservient woman, this book addresses the variety of representations of in Latin American culture. Ranging across homosexuality, prostitution, football, politics and ethnic relations, this 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.