African Masculinities : Men in Africa from the Late Nineteenth Century to the...

by R. Morrell, L. Ouzgane

$120 · Offered by eBay

African Masculinities : Men in Africa from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present, Paperback by Ouzgane, Lahoucine (EDT); Morrell, Robert (EDT), ISBN 1349529214, ISBN-13 9781349529216, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 th particularly bears in mind how vulnerability and marginalization produce complex forms of male identity. Th is interdisciplinary and is the first in-depth and comprehensive study of African men as a gendered category.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2005
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9781349529216
• Condition: Fine

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.