Macho men and modern women : Mexican immigration, social experts and changing family values in the 20th century United States / Claudia Roesch.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: Macho Men and Modern Women ; 1. The State of Research on Mexican Americans and Mexican Immigration ; 2. Research in American Family History ; 3. Social Experts and History of Science ; 4. Theoretical and Methodological Framework ; 5. Structure of this Volume.

1 Americanization and the "Cultural Deficiency Paradigm" (1920s-1930s) 1.1 "Go after the Women": Mexican-origin Mothers in Americanization Programs ; 1.2 "Appeal to his manhood": Negotiating Gender Norms and Practices in Social Workers' Complaint Files.

2. The Eugenics Movement and the Biological Essentialist Paradigm (1920s-1930s) 2.1 "Is he a real man?": Hegemonic Ideals of Fatherhood ; 2.2 "The Evils of Unregulated Birth": Eugenic Thinking, Family Size and Birth Control.

3. The Modernization Paradigm and the Isolated Nuclear Family (1940s-1950s) 3.1 " ... we must begin with the BOY": Masculine Role Models, Modernization and Measures against Juvenile Delinquency ; 3.2 Rural Motherhood between Isolation and Agency as Midwives and Healers.

4. From Modernization Theory to a Psychologization Paradigm (1950s-1960s) 4.1 Familia, Machismo, Compadrazgo? Debates on Democratic Family Structures in the Cold War Context ; 4.2 The Culture of Poverty and "multi-problem families" in Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society.

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With the arrival of Mexican immigrant families in the United States different notions of family converged. Did this result in a change in mainstream society's understanding of family values?This longterm study from 1910 to 1980 offers new insight on the interplay of the scientization of social work and changing family values in the age of modernity.-- Provided by publisher.

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