Through explorations of six cases taken from various Latino ethnic groups, this book advances our understanding about meanings of Latino manhood and masculinities. The studies range from theatre and literature to men's activism and sports, showing how masculinities are embodied and performed.

Autorentext
Jennifer Domino Rudolph is an assistant professor of Hispanic Studies at Connecticut College, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: Mapping Masculitinidad PART I: FROM MEN'S ROOMS TO COFFEE SHOPS: EVERYDAY PERFORMANCES OF MANHOOD 'Maaaaacho, Devoured by a Pop Culture' PART I: DELINQUENCY AND DIGNITY: FROM VIOLENCE TO ADVOCACY Marked Men: Masculine Bodies and Spaces in Chicago Latino Gang and Party Crew Narratives 'Transmuting the Barb-wire Thorns': Gendered Cultural Nationalism and Writing the Prison Experience 'Hung on a Ghetto Cross': Community and Redemption in the Life and Work of Piri Thomas and Luis J. Rodríguez PART III: PIDIERON CACAO/THEY ATE CROW: PERPETUAL POVERTY, BLACKNESS, AND FAME 'Roncamos porque podemos': Gender, Violence, Redemption, and Latinidad in the Persona and Reggaetón of Don Omar 'The Hit Man from Washington': (Trans)national Latino Masculinities in Major League Baseball