Cinemachismo : Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film by Sergio de la ...

CinemachismoMasculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film\nAuthor(s): Sergio de la Mora\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292712973, 978-0292712973\nSynopsis\nAfter the modern Mexican state came into being following the Revolution of 1910, hyper-masculine machismo came to be a defining characteristic of \""mexicanidad,\"" or Mexican national identity. Virile men (pelados and charros), virtuous prostitutes as mother figures, and minstrel-like gay men were held out as desired and/or abject models not only in governmental rhetoric and propaganda, but also in literature and popular culture, particularly in the cinema. Indeed, cinema provided an especially effective staging ground for the construction of a gendered and sexualized national identity. \n\n In this book, Sergio de la Mora offers the first extended analysis of how Mexican cinema has represented masculinities and sexualities and their relationsh.