Origins of Macho : Men and Masculinity in Colonial Mexico [Hardcover]

Lipsett-Rivera traces the genesis of the Mexican macho by looking at daily interactions between Mexican men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.Sonya Lipsett-Riverais a professor of history at Carleton University in Ottawa. She is the author ofGender and the Negotiation of Daily Life in Mexico, 1750-1856andTo Defend Our Water with the Blood of Our Veins: The Struggle for Resources in Colonial Puebla(UNM Press), and she is the coeditor ofEmotions and Daily Life in Colonial Mexico(UNM Press) andThe Faces of Honor: Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America(UNM Press).This terrific book is packed with detailed evidence and engaging analysis. Scholars and students of Latin American colonial history and gender theory will enjoy and benefit from it.--Nora E. Jaffary,Hispanic American Historical ReviewSonya Lipsett-Rivera has written a brilliant book on a novel topic. . . . The committee found her command of primary sources masterful and her writing beautiful and accessible.--Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American StudiesSonya Lipsett-Rivera has written a brilliant book on a novel topic. . . . The committee found her command of primary sources masterful and her writing beautiful and accessible.--Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American StudiesLipsett-Rivera . . . enriches the study of gender in Spanish America.--Choice