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African masculinities : men in Africa from the late nineteenth century to the present /
While masculinity studies enjoys considerable growth in the West, there is very little analysis of African masculinities. This volume explores what it means for an African to be masculine and how male identity is shaped by cultural forces. The editors believe that to tackle the important questions i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York : Scottsville, South Africa :
Palgrave Macmillan ; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | While masculinity studies enjoys considerable growth in the West, there is very little analysis of African masculinities. This volume explores what it means for an African to be masculine and how male identity is shaped by cultural forces. The editors believe that to tackle the important questions in Africa--the many forms of violence (wars, genocides, familial violence and crime) and the AIDS pandemic--it is necessary to understand how a combination of a colonial past, patriarchal cultural structures and a variety of religious and knowledge systems creates masculine identities and sexualities. The work done in the book particularly bears in mind how vulnerability and marginalization produce complex forms of male identity. The book is interdisciplinary and is the first in-depth and comprehensive study of African men as a gendered category. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 308 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781403979605 140397960X 1281368261 9781281368263 9781403965875 1403965870 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |