Annotated Biography

ENG 101.0800

Gladys Otavalo

Prof. Bogacka

November 29, 2010

Thesis: The machista behavior creates and develop an inadequate social identity in children, it  also develops an aggressive and dominant personality, and overall it obligates them to be excluded  of the society.

Ramirez, Josue. Against Machismo: Young Adult Voices in Mexico. New York, NY, USA: Berghahn Books, 2008. Print.

This book is about how children in Mexico have survived gender norms in sometimes repressive homes and communities. Its overall aim is to explain to the analysis of class, gender, and coming of ages in Mexico City.

The reason why this book makes a good source is because it focuses on the structure of the machista family and how the men characters or personalities were constructed in the story. It also refers to how the exaggerated and aggressive behavior of the man machista affects the children development.

This book will be part into my research paper because it focuses in the idea of the article  named  Chicano Men and Masculinity by Zinn which reflects the negative consequence caused by a macho attitude toward the children. Furthermore, it  refers of how the macho was a figure around which students articulated gender strife and gender suffering. It reflected the emotions of primary relationships and feelings toward the father figure, especially when he was considered abusive or neglectful. For instance, "I report that the predominantly middle-class Mexican university students in my study did not consider macho a positive image. Nowhere was it a defender of the family, a symbol of responsible fatherhood, or a mature sense of “being a man." Ramirez (4).

Welland, Christauria and Ribner, Neil. Healing from Violenc : Latino Men's Journey to a New Masculinity. New York, NY, USA: Springer Publishing Company, 2007. Print.

This book refers how the Latino man avoids contact with his true Self, who sees the world from a position machista and of irresponsibility is unwilling to challenge the destructive social influence.

The reason why this book makes a important source for my research paper is because it reflects the machista man thoughts about his own life . He thinks it is easier to be irresponsible, for he does not know how to change himself or his society; he does not even think it is possible s in his culture.

This book's information will be part into my research paper because it focuses in the machista life and how it influences the children development. In addition, it focuses how man distances himself from his problems and avoids the pain and fear they cause him, through of his machismo. It also emphasizes in the in-depth the Latino men’s experience of their own abusive behavior, in the cultural context in which they move and make meaning for themselves.  For example; "If culture has such a broad effect on personality functioning, its importance when developing a treatment model for partner abuse cannot be overemphasized." Welland (52)