Metaphors of Masculinity: Sex and Status in Andalusian Folklore

by Stanley Brandes

Book Overview

In the Andalusian communities throughout the olive-growing region of southeastern Spain men show themselves to be primarily concerned with two problems of identity: their place in the social hierarchy, and the maintenance of their masculinity in the context of their culture.

In this study of projective behavior as found in the folklore of an Andalusian town, Stanley Brandes is careful to support psychological interpretations with ethnographic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812211057
• ISBN13: 9780812211054
• Release Date: June 1980
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"