To be a man is not a one-day job : masculinity, money, and intimacy in Nigeria /

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, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Temas:
Men > Nigeria > Social conditions.
Masculinity > Economic aspects > Nigeria.
Money > Social aspects > Nigeria.
Igbo (African people) > Social life and customs.
Hommes > Nigeria > Conditions sociales.
Masculinité > Aspect économique > Nigeria.
Ibo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Igbo (African people) > Social life and customs
Men > Social conditions
Money > Social aspects
Nigeria
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From boys to men: learning to love women and money
  • Expensive intimacies: courtship, marriage, and fatherhood
  • "Money problem": work, class, consumption, and men's social status
  • "Ahhheee club": money, intimacy, and male peer groups
  • Masculinity gone awry: intimate partner violence, crime, and insecurity
  • Becoming an elder, burying one's father.

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