THE MACHISMO AND MARIANISMO

TANGO

BY DR.DAVID SEQUERIA

ISBN 978-1-234-56789-7

MACHISMO, THE MALE IDEAL SO SPECIFIC TO HISPANIC CULTURE, IS COMPLEMENTED BY ITS COROLLARY MARIANISMO, THE FEMALE IDEAL. BOTH ARE EXAMINED IN THIS CAREFUL STUDY, ALONG WITH THE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER THAT SO OFTEN ACCOMPANIES-AND, IN FACT, OVERHANGS-THE LIVES OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE SURVIVED THE ABUSE THAT MACHISMO TOO OFTEN INFLICTS