ENV S 184 Lecture 8: winter 2018 notes
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Machismo necessary but not sufficient ingredient of andalusian manhood: multilayered system of balances: virility, valor and virtue. Even in a famously macho land like spain, men do not live by machismo alone. (173) Conclusions based on (methodology: continual affirmation, point of view widely & repeatedly expressed, objective reality, a fact, variations of degree only, andalusia most southern part of spain; northern spain looked down upon- drawl & Agreement on the main principles of a proper manhood was virtually unanimous. (164) usual prejudice: manhood code complex: machismo and manliness not synonymous: complex code. Bar conversations: nordicos: men do nothing when on beach with women who wear virtually nothing are they men? . Valor: bravery: emphasis on civility limits belligerence, stand up for yourself important but not part of machismo: hombria is sense of duty, hard working, non-complaining, bringing home the bacon, dignidad.
