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      The birth of the machista : changing conceptions of the Nicaraguan masculine

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      Date
      2009-08
      Author
      Wiebe, Adam Robert
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      This thesis examines the concept of masculinity as it concerns a group of male community leaders from impoverished neighbourhoods of Léon, Nicaragua. In collaboration with the non-governmental organization, Centro de Información y Servicios de Asesoría en Salud (CISAS) and utilizing person-centred ethnography, it explores masculinity in Nicaragua as reflected at the level of the individual. The work proposes that masculinities in Nicaragua are not as simple as some have suggested. Moreover, it relies on a Foucauldian analysis of disciplinary power to explicate the foundations of said conceptions as well as to develop new understandings of the idea of machismo. Following analysis of an interview series and a thorough review of relevant literature, this thesis places Nicaraguan conceptions of masculinity as being discrete according to individuals. Moreover, the work deconstructs the notion of machismo as being nothing more than an individuated subject, most likely imposed on Nicaragua and, by extension, various other Latin American cultures, by forces exogenous to Latin America. Finally, this thesis discusses the tie that masculinity and health have as well as the influence that CISAS has on the personal lives of the research participants as well as their work in their communities.
      Degree
      Master of Science (M.Sc.)
      Department
      Community Health and Epidemiology
      Program
      Community Health and Epidemiology
      Supervisor
      Hanson, Lori
      Committee
      Janzen, Bonnie; Downe, Pamela
      Copyright Date
      August 2009
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-09212009-114000
      Subject
      Community Health
      Nicaragua
      Masculinity
      Latin America
      Central America
      Machismo
      Gender
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