March 18, 2009
Latino Book Club: Muy Macho: Latino Men Confront Their Manhood by Ray Gonzalez
Someone thought it was going to be a good idea to discuss Latino masculinity, and that someone was Ray Gonzalez who put together Muy Macho: Latino Men Confront Their Manhood by gathering the most widely read Latino male journalists, writers and pundits.
The book is made up of 16 essays, written by men like Dagoberto Gilb and Rudolfo Anaya. This should have been balanced out by having some Latinas voice their thoughts too, but then that would have contradicted the book’s subtitle.
Machismo is of course, a big part of Latin culture, and to read these men decipher things out is really insightful.
Filed under: Latino Book Club Katalina @ 12:41 pm Comments 4
Eric
Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 12:59 pmMy dad would probably not even THINK of buying this book haha. He’s one of those old-school “women shouldn’t box” type of guys lol.
Macho79
Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 1:09 pmMaybe I should read it. LOL
Mike
Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 1:14 pmThis is a great book and all, but half of the people who need to read it won’t.
Leonardo
Comment made on March 18, 2009 at 1:16 pmInteresante! I’d totally get this if it was written within the last few years – a lot has happened since ‘96.
I’d like to see a second edition of this.
great post