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The Border Reader
Edited by
Gilberto Rosas;
Gilberto Rosas
Gilberto Rosas is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Latina/o Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and author of
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Duke University Press
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-2719-5
Publication date:
2023
This chapter explores the macho as “the superman of the multitude,” a “national type” by which Mexico, as a nation, is often classified. Through this decidedly folklorist definition, Américo Paredes makes machismo out to be an aspiration handed down from generation to generation of Mexicans in the laments of songs, as a stereotypical yet identifying characteristic of men in Mexican folklore. Paredes debates its source.
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