Season 2- Episode 24: Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama and Arturo J. Aldama. "Decolonizing Latinx Masculinities.”
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Tania and Peter talk to Dr. Fede and Dr. Arturo about their book on Decolonizing Latinx Masculinities
Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama is known for this work as the Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, founder and director of the Latinx Pop Lab, and Affiliate Faculty in Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas, Austin, and Adjunct Professor & Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State University.
Dr. Arturo J. Aldama is an associate professor and chair of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and affiliate faculty in Gender and Women’s Studies.
And, together they are co-editors of the book Decolonizing Latinx Masculinities where they explore how legacies of colonization and capitalist exploitation and oppression have created toxic forms of masculinity that continue to suffocate our existence as Latinxs. The book intends to decolonize masculinities today to grow a stronger, resilient, and more compassionate new generation of Latinxs.