The Maria Paradox: How Latinas Can Merge Old World Traditions With New World Self-Esteem by Carmen Inoa Vázquez, Rosa María Gil
The Maria Paradox: How Latinas Can Merge Old World Traditions With New World Self-Esteem
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Carmen Inoa Vázquez, Rosa María Gil
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The Maria Paradox: How Latinas Can Merge Old World Traditions With New World Self-Esteem

Carmen Inoa Vázquez, Rosa María Gil

256 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

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This book introduces the concept of marianismo, which defines the Hispanic woman's traditional social role just as machismo ordains how the ideal man should behave. Among the chief dictates of marianismo are self-sacrifice, passivity, and utter su...

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