S/he : sex & gender in Hispanic cultures /
Andrist, Debra D.,1950-editor.
"Hierarchies and disparities based on sex and gender have characterized nearly all hominid societies over almost the entire world of cultures since time immemorial. Nearly without exception, those disparities have created a hierarchy of male over female. Languages reflect that. For example, in the English language, the word for the 'fe/male' sex is based on the word 'male;' 'man' is the root for wo/man; and indeed 'man' is generally considered the generic for all members of the species. Spanish, on the other hand, does differentiate 'hombre' from 'mujer,' but the masculine is still considered the root and the generic. For the purposes of S/HE: Sex & Gender in Hispanic Worlds, sex refers to biological differences, i.e., reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics, which are perceived as oppositional yet collaborative, in the propagation of the species. Gender, on the other hand, refers to culturally-specific expectations and/or stereotypes in terms of an individual's or group's self (re)presentation and/or behaviors. The main title, S/HE, is a nod to the arguably-gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun from the 1960s inclusive English-language movement in the United States, which was concurrent with equal rights movements in terms of race, ethnicity, sex and gender. This book focuses on sex and gender issues in the Hispanic worlds, paying homage to all who do not fit within the strict parameters of previous definitions by including broadened descriptions of identity, both biological and social, and by highlighting aspects of traditional and non-traditional lifestyles as portrayed in art and literature."--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Traditional domestic roles for women in life & literature, revisited -- Family responsibilities : a recipe for the modern Spanish nation : Carmen de Burgos's and Emilia Pardo Bazán's cookbook discourses / Michelle M. Sharp -- Latinas and responsibilities : searching for the map : an early revelation of Latina identity crisis in bilingual theatre--coser y antar/Sewing and singing by Dolores Prida / Elizabeth White Coscio -- Biological destiny throughout the ages? : non-traditional concepts of motherhood : Hispanic women poets in the 20th century / Debra D. Andrist -- pt. 2. Not-so-traditional roles and role models for women in life, art & literature -- On the (formal) education of women / Debra D. Andrist -- Tradition and the new Mexican santeras / Kimberly Habegger -- Images of power : visual transformations of Our Lady (of Guadalupe), female saints & angels / Debra D. Andrist -- 20th century political s/heroes : women & the Spanish Civil War / Debra D. Andrist -- 20th century mothers as s/heroes : maternalism, "rooting" & solidarity : the poetry of Angela Figuera Aymerich / María Montserrat Feu-López -- Golden age s/heroes : steel-plated petticoats : women and heroism in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quijote / Lauren Derby -- 20th century female protagonists : Rosalía Pipaón De La Barca and Becky Caldwell : the emergence of female protagonists in Benito Pérez Galdós and Rolando Hinojosa / Stephen J. Miller -- Twentieth century feminist s/heroes in life & literature : claiming one's own identity : Alicia Kozameh : author turned activist and her characters / Gwendolyn Díaz Ridgeway -- pt. 3. Identity formation in, and role models for, women via art & literature -- The semiotics of Hispanic womanhood : words and pictures : the early days of recognition and recovery / Debra D. Andrist -- Creoles : female white Creoles in Rosario Ferre's narrative / Patricia González Gómez-Cásseres -- Bridges across multiple identities : literal & figurative Chicanahood / Debra D. Andrist -- pt. 4. Sex & gender blurring in life, art & literature -- Conflation of (gender) identities in the multifaceted Pablo Picasso / Enrique Mallén -- Eroticism in two "medio siglo" Mexican women writers of the uncanny : Amparo Dávila and Guadalupe Dueñas / Eduardo Cerdán -- Transsexualism : revisiones & reverses in Rima de Vallbona's Beto y Betina / Debra D. Andrist -- Conclusions.
"Hierarchies and disparities based on sex and gender have characterized nearly all hominid societies over almost the entire world of cultures since time immemorial. Nearly without exception, those disparities have created a hierarchy of male over female. Languages reflect that. For example, in the English language, the word for the 'fe/male' sex is based on the word 'male;' 'man' is the root for wo/man; and indeed 'man' is generally considered the generic for all members of the species. Spanish, on the other hand, does differentiate 'hombre' from 'mujer,' but the masculine is still considered the root and the generic. For the purposes of S/HE: Sex & Gender in Hispanic Worlds, sex refers to biological differences, i.e., reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics, which are perceived as oppositional yet collaborative, in the propagation of the species. Gender, on the other hand, refers to culturally-specific expectations and/or stereotypes in terms of an individual's or group's self (re)presentation and/or behaviors. The main title, S/HE, is a nod to the arguably-gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun from the 1960s inclusive English-language movement in the United States, which was concurrent with equal rights movements in terms of race, ethnicity, sex and gender. This book focuses on sex and gender issues in the Hispanic worlds, paying homage to all who do not fit within the strict parameters of previous definitions by including broadened descriptions of identity, both biological and social, and by highlighting aspects of traditional and non-traditional lifestyles as portrayed in art and literature."--
Gender identity.
Sex role.
Civilization, Hispanic.
Gender identity.