BEYOND MACHISMO

Ana Castillo at home, in Land’s End UV top and sandals by Coach.

Reading books is always a personal choice of genre.   This selection comes from  feminist academia:  Beyond Machismo:  Intersectional Latino Masculinities, edited by Aída Hurtado & Mrinal Sinha.

What is machismo?  You may ask.  In the first line, we read an explanation.  “In the popular imaginary, the word machismo has become the social signifier of all that is male chauvinism.”