Mexican men are often associated with machismo—the extreme expression of their manliness and explosive violence. This talk will explore how colonialism contributed to the creation of the Mexican “macho.” Along the way, Dr. Lipsett-Rivera will share some of the surprises she found in the archives that exploded her ideas about what and who Mexican men were in the colonial period.
Sponsored by the Kennedy Center for International Studies' Latin American Studies program and by the History Department.
Sonya Lipsett-Rivera is a Professor in the Department of History at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She writes primarily about gender, culture, and emotions in Colonial Mexico. Her latest book is entitled The Origins of Macho: Men and Masculinity in Colonial Mexico.