To Be a Man Is Not a One-Day Job : Masculinity, Money, and Intimacy in Nigeria /

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Refrains about financial hardship are ubiquitous in contemporary Nigeria, frequently expressed through the idiom "to be a man is not a one-day job." But while men talk constantly about money, underlying their economic worries are broader concerns about the shifting meanings of masculinity,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Daniel Jordan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Temas:
Igbo (African people) > Social life and customs.
Masculinity > Economic aspects > Nigeria.
Men > Nigeria > Social conditions.
Men > Nigeria > Social conditions.
Money > Social aspects > Nigeria.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Nigeria.
conspicuous redistribution.
economics.
intimacy.
manhood.
masculinity.
men.
money.
social relations.
sociliaty.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. From Boys to Men: Learning to Love Women and Money
  • 2. Expensive Intimacies: Courtship, Marriage, and Fatherhood
  • 3. "Money Problem": Work, Class, Consumption, and Men's Social Status
  • 4. "Ahhheee Club": Money, Intimacy, and Male Peer Groups
  • 5. Masculinity Gone Awry: Intimate Partner Violence, Crime, and Insecurity
  • 6. Becoming an Elder, Burying One's Father
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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