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Becoming men : Black masculinities in a South African township /
Becoming Men is the story of 32 boys from Alexandra, one of Johannesburg's largest townships, over a period of twelve seminal years in which they negotiate manhood and masculinity. Psychologist and academic, Malose Langa documents what it means to be a young black man in contemporary South Afri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Johannesburg :
Wits University Press,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1: What Makes a Man a Man?
- 2: Reshaping Masculinities
- Understanding the Lives of Adolescent Boys
- The notion of hegemonic masculinity in context
- Risk-taking behaviours of school-age boys
- Alternative masculinities
- Part of the problem or part of the solution?
- Understanding masculine subjectivity
- 3: Backdrop to Alex
- South African Townships and Stories in Context
- Getting the picture
- Individual and group interviews
- 4: Absent Fathers, Present Mothers
- 5: Pressures to Perform
- Tsotsi Boys vs Academic Achievement
- 6: Double Standards
- Dating, Sex and Girls
- 7: Defying Homophobia: 'This is Who I am, Finish and Klaar'
- Hilton's story
- Marcus's story
- 8: Young Fathers and the World of Work
- Martin's story
- Herman's story
- Themba's story
- 9: 'I'm Still Hopeful, Still Positive'
- Holding onto a Dream
- Simon's story
- 10: Safe Spaces
- Listening, Hearing, Action
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover