African Masculinities [electronic resource] : Men in Africa from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present / by L. Ouzgane, R. Morrell.
African Masculinities
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781403979605
Yer Numarası
EK/454
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2005.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XV, 308 p. 5 illus. online resource.
Özet, vb.
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.
Konu
Sex.
Ethnology __ Africa.
Culture.
Sociology.
Communication.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
Africa __ History.
Gender Studies.
African Culture.
Sociology.
Media and Communication.
Cultural Studies.
African History.
Ethnology __ Africa.
Culture.
Sociology.
Communication.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
Africa __ History.
Gender Studies.
African Culture.
Sociology.
Media and Communication.
Cultural Studies.
African History.
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