Men and Masculinities in Modern AfricaLisa A. Lindsay, Stephan Miescher Extrait de la couverture : "Over the last twenty years, gender has become a major research focus in Africa studies, resulting in a surge of rich material. Yet men have rarely been the subject of gender research in Africa, and africanist scholars have yet to fully address how shifting meanings of gender have affected African men or how the understandings and practices of masculinity have been contested and transformed during the colonial and postcolonial eras. This collection is the firt to analyze the concepts and issues involved in exploring African men and the constructions of masculinity in sub-Saharan Africa. An introduction establishes the major themes of the anthology : -men as gendered actors -the social construction of masculinity -masculinity as a relational category hegemonic and subordinate masculinities This book challenges stereotypes of African men as savages, patriarchs, or emasculated colonial victims. Essays establish the centrality of gender to the social and political transformation of the 20th-centrury Africa. Chronologically and regionally diverse, the collection moves from the early colonial period through the era of independence and inclludes local studies throughtout the continent, as well as the work of both junior and senior scholars. Anyone interested in scholarship on gender and Africa will find this collection invaluable and thought provoking." |
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... masculinity have equal power and legitimacy in society . Connell argues that at any given time " one form of masculinity rather than others is culturally exalted " and defines this dominant , hegemonic masculinity " as the configuration ...
... masculinity have equal power and legitimacy in society . Connell argues that at any given time " one form of masculinity rather than others is culturally exalted " and defines this dominant , hegemonic masculinity " as the configuration ...
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... dominant masculinity structured along the lines of generation ; theoretically , what Mandala has called " social age " ( Mandala 1990 : 154 ) paralleled biolog- ical age , and senior male status was thus open to all men as they grew ...
... dominant masculinity structured along the lines of generation ; theoretically , what Mandala has called " social age " ( Mandala 1990 : 154 ) paralleled biolog- ical age , and senior male status was thus open to all men as they grew ...
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... hegemonic ideals ; these opened the way for a persistent , dominant masculinity based on notions of social seniority . At the same time , by virtue of fatherhood's very invisibility to European administrators ( the same invisibility ...
... hegemonic ideals ; these opened the way for a persistent , dominant masculinity based on notions of social seniority . At the same time , by virtue of fatherhood's very invisibility to European administrators ( the same invisibility ...
Contents
Men and Masculinities in Modern African History | 1 |
Forsaking Their Fathers? Colonialism Christianity and Coming | 33 |
King Ahebi Ugbabe in the History | 52 |
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