Macho men and modern women : Mexican immigration, social experts and changing family values in the 20th century United States /
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| Author / Creator: | Roesch, Claudia H., 1958- author. |
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| Imprint: | Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2015] |
| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 508 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Family Values and Social Change ; v. 1 Family values and social change. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11383346 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Macho Men and Modern Women ; 1. The State of Research on Mexican Americans and Mexican Immigration ; 2. Research in American Family History ; 3. Social Experts and History of Science ; 4. Theoretical and Methodological Framework ; 5. Structure of this Volume.
- 1 Americanization and the "Cultural Deficiency Paradigm" (1920s-1930s) 1.1 "Go after the Women": Mexican-origin Mothers in Americanization Programs ; 1.2 "Appeal to his manhood": Negotiating Gender Norms and Practices in Social Workers' Complaint Files.
- 2. The Eugenics Movement and the Biological Essentialist Paradigm (1920s-1930s) 2.1 "Is he a real man?": Hegemonic Ideals of Fatherhood ; 2.2 "The Evils of Unregulated Birth": Eugenic Thinking, Family Size and Birth Control.
- 3. The Modernization Paradigm and the Isolated Nuclear Family (1940s-1950s) 3.1 " ... we must begin with the BOY": Masculine Role Models, Modernization and Measures against Juvenile Delinquency ; 3.2 Rural Motherhood between Isolation and Agency as Midwives and Healers.
- 4. From Modernization Theory to a Psychologization Paradigm (1950s-1960s) 4.1 Familia, Machismo, Compadrazgo? Debates on Democratic Family Structures in the Cold War Context ; 4.2 The Culture of Poverty and "multi-problem families" in Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society.