STUDY A NEW TYPE OF FEMINITY AND MASCULINITY: LOOKING AT GENDER IN THE EVANGELICAL WORLD OF LA PINTANA*

* I should like to express my gratitude to all the people who made this work possible: to Arturo Fontaine for his sensitivity and openness to new themes in the universe of La Pintana: to Elizabeth Millavil and her family for the welcome I received in their house in El Castillo and for her valuable contacts: to Claudio Ramirez and Maria Ines Muñoz, for their patience, information and kindness in helping us to get to know their brothers and sisters: to Manuel Ossa for his generosity in sharing his knowledge: to the Mayor of La Pintana, Jaime Pavez, to Gaston Muñoz and to pastor Luis Martinez, of the same institution, we owe our access to information about the community, maps and lists of churches. To Alfredo Machuca for the dedication he has given to the transcripts and to the Evangelical brothers of La Pintana for opening the doors of their churches, their houses and their innermost thoughts to us. Finally to Alexander Obach and Marcela Soto, with whom we shared this work on site and a good part of our thoughts. Translated to English by John Bell In this article Sonia Montecino explores the relationships between men and women in the Evangelical world of the borough La Pintana in Santiago, pointing out the existence of important cultural changes in definitions and conduct associated with both females and males. According to her, the masculine world has changed, abandoning the marks that popular culture designated as marks of virility: football, alcohol, and violence. The same thing is happening with the women, who are widening their horizons, adding as marks of femininity, motherhood, and affiliation to a community and the dignity of womanhood itself. Nevertheless these changes do not necessarily Centro de Estudios Públicos. www.cepchile.c