Keywords
In American and Latin-American cities
Cholos have been examined from a sociological
anthropological and criminal science standpoint
which labels them as a youth or counterculture movement
usually associated with juvenile delinquency. This paper explores some paradoxes in the depiction of the male subjects identified as Cholos in rural transnational social fields in Michoacán
using an ethnographic and historic reconstruction of their level of menace towards other males
with whom they relate and try to distinguish themselves. The author maintains that these young males pose a danger because of the differential appropriation of their bodies in relation to other males and women. However
they shouldn’t be considered a marginal group
nor are they isolated from the everyday and ritual life of their communities. cuerpo
masculinidad
cholos
migración
Michoacán
Cholos have been examined from a sociological
anthropological and criminal science standpoint
which labels them as a youth or counterculture movement
usually associated with juvenile delinquency. This paper explores some paradoxes in the depiction of the male subjects identified as Cholos in rural transnational social fields in Michoacán
using an ethnographic and historic reconstruction of their level of menace towards other males
with whom they relate and try to distinguish themselves. The author maintains that these young males pose a danger because of the differential appropriation of their bodies in relation to other males and women. However
they shouldn’t be considered a marginal group
nor are they isolated from the everyday and ritual life of their communities. cuerpo
masculinidad
cholos
migración
Michoacán
How to Cite
Peña, P. L. G. (2014). De cuerpo amenazante a cuerpo deseado Paradojas en torno a los varones “echados a perderâ€: el caso de los cholos transnacionales. Desacatos. Revista De Ciencias Sociales, (30), 59–74. https://doi.org/10.29340/30.412