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El Machismo En Mexico Y Tres Novelas De Mariano Azuela, Enrique M. Santamaría
El Machismo En Mexico Y Tres Novelas De Mariano Azuela, Enrique M. Santamaría
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This dissertation surveys what several social thinkers have said about machismo and the manner in which the concept figures in Mariano Azuela's fiction. The word is a modern term, non-existent in Castillian dictionaries, which derives from the word macho. It is applied to certain individuals to describe characteristics of destructive and narcissistic behavior usually accompanied by an exaggerated and false show of force, boldness and masculinity.