TY  - BOOK
AU  - Taggart,James M.
TI  - The Bear and His Sons: Masculinity in Spanish and Mexican Folktales 
SN  - 9780292761803
AV  - GR115 .T34 1997
U1  - 398/.353 20
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Austin : 
PB  - University of Texas Press, 
KW  - Communication in folklore
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Machismo
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Masculinity
KW  - Mexicans
KW  - Nahuas
KW  - Tales
KW  - Spain
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; 1. Introduction --; 2. "The Bear's Son" in Spain --; 3. "The Bear's Son" in Mexico --; 4. Tricksters in Spain --; 5. Tricksters in Mexico --; 6. "Blood Brothers" --; 7. "The Two Travelers" --; 8. Florencio's "Blancaflor" --; 9. Nacho's "Blancaflor" --; 10. "Orpheus" --; 11. Conclusions --; Appendix: "The Bear's Son" in Spanish and Nahuat --; Notes --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - All the world over, people tell stories to express their deepest feelings about such things as what makes a "real" man or woman; what true love, courage, or any other virtue is; what the proper relationships are between people. Often groups of people widely separated by space or time will tell the same basic story, but with differences in the details that reveal much about a particular group's worldview. This book looks at differences in the telling of several common Hispanic folktales. James Taggart contrasts how two men—a Spaniard and an Aztec-speaking Mexican—tell such tales as "The Bear's Son." He explores how their stories present different ways of being a man in their respective cultures. Taggart's analysis contributes to a revision of Freud's theory of gender, which was heavily grounded in biological determinism. Taggart focuses instead on how fathers reproduce different forms of masculinity in their sons. In particular, he shows how fathers who care for their infant sons teach them a relational masculinity based on a connected view of human relationships. Thus, The Bear and His Sons will be important reading not only in anthropology and folklore, but also in the growing field of men's studies
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7560/781443
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292761803
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292761803/original
ER  -