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Mucho macho : seduction, desire, and the homoerotic lives of Latin men / Chris Girman.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Girman, Chris
Other title:	Seduction, desire, and the homoerotic lives of Latin men.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harrington Park Press, [2004]
Series:	Haworth gay & lesbian studies.
Subjects:	Male homosexuality > Latin America. Machismo > Latin America. Masculinity > Latin America. Hispanic American gay people. Machismo. Male homosexuality. Masculinity. Latin America.

Table of Contents:

Machismo and macho performance
Head, hands, balls, and ass
The Dominican tíguere and hegemonic masculinities
Desire in a Costa Rican prison
Historical representations of same-sex desire in Esteban Echeverrìa's "El Matadero" and Reinaldo Arena's "Comienza Desfile"
Familiar, familial voices : Latino men speak out
Performing matter(s) : masculinities, the male body, and the evocation of the (not) real
The final act : why it all matters.