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CUEVA PERUS, Marcos. Machismo y ginecocracia: la familia mexicana y latinoamericana como forma mixta. Intersticios sociales [online]. 2012, n.3. ISSN 2007-4964.

Starting from investigations of cultural anthropology carried out in the past by Claudio Esteva Fabregat, this article proposes to demonstrate the mixed character of the Latin American family: male chauvinist although not patriarchal, since the father lacks authority, and it’s possible to find some matriarchal, important features in the power representation. It demonstrates that in the case of the masculine figure as in the feminine one, the behavior prototypes have a Spanish origin, not Indian or mestizo; which doesn’t prevent a staunch competition and, frequently, of racial slant for the legitimacy, the material goods and the prestige.

Palabras llave : family; authority; matriarchy; Latin America; Mexico.

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