Cultural models of masculinity and drug use: "machismo," heroin, and street survival on the U.S.-Mexico border

From: Contemporary Drug Problems | Date: April 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

This paper examines the interrelations between "machismo, " drug use, and aggression among injection drug users (IDUs) in a US-Mexico border community. Underscored is the directive force and social impact of "machismo" in the day-to-day life-worlds of Mexican male heroin addicts, or "tecatos. " This focus not only provides a broad description of the cultural model of "machismo" elucidated by this group of men, but also illuminates how ideas of masculinity are internalized and re-created through drug use and aggression in the context of life in the streets. Attention to these aspects of drug ...

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