Being a man in the horse capital: Mexican farmworkers' masculinities in Kentucky. Issue 3 (4th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Snider, Mitchell
• Is Part Of: Gender, place and culture. Volume 24:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 343
• Page End: 361
• Publication Date: 2017-03-04
• Subjects: Latino -- Chicano -- rural masculinities -- gender -- machismo -- migration; Latino -- chicano -- masculinidades rurales -- género -- machismo -- migración; 拉丁裔 -- 墨西哥裔美国人 -- 乡村男子气概 -- 性别 -- 大男人 -- 移民; Human geography -- Periodicals; Feminism -- Periodicals; Géographie féministe -- Périodiques; 305.305
• DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2017.1314942
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-369X

Abstract

Abstract: Recent immigration to the U.S. south has been of much interest to scholars with economic, social, and regional interests. This article contributes to these interests by analyzing the ways that Mexican men who migrated to Kentucky think about, represent, and perform their masculinities on two foaling farms in the area surrounding Lexington. These perspectives point to how migration impacts the participants' ideas about gender relations. By considering their masculinities as they intersect with other aspects of their identities, this analysis questions widespread notions of the Mexican 'macho' or 'machista', demonstrates how masculinities are created in tandem with other aspects of identity such as class, and discusses the complexity of interactions with hegemonic masculinities (e.g. a 'machista' identity). The research was performed through participant observation and semi-structured interviews on two horse farms with 15 farmworkers.