Men and Masculinities in Modern AfricaExtrait 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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Page 92
Rather , speaking to me as a European , an outsider who reminded them of
college principals and supervisors , these teachers tended to disclose versions of
their lives that resembled Presbyterian masculinity . The ruptures and silences in
...
Rather , speaking to me as a European , an outsider who reminded them of
college principals and supervisors , these teachers tended to disclose versions of
their lives that resembled Presbyterian masculinity . The ruptures and silences in
...
Page 128
African men , European readers were often told , either sat around drinking and
gossiping or else ran around enslaving or killing each other , while women took
care of the daily tasks on farms and in households . Men ' s role in pastoralism ...
African men , European readers were often told , either sat around drinking and
gossiping or else ran around enslaving or killing each other , while women took
care of the daily tasks on farms and in households . Men ' s role in pastoralism ...
Page 160
European staff saw their supervisory tasks as necessary to ensure that Igbo “
boys ” performed their jobs . This paternalism was enshrined in the job titles of
laborers and their “ native ” supervisors . Pick “ boys ” ( hewers ) undercut coal
and ...
European staff saw their supervisory tasks as necessary to ensure that Igbo “
boys ” performed their jobs . This paternalism was enshrined in the job titles of
laborers and their “ native ” supervisors . Pick “ boys ” ( hewers ) undercut coal
and ...
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Contents
Men and Masculinities in Modern African History | 1 |
2 Forsaking Their Fathers? Colonialism Christianity and Coming | 33 |
King Ahebi Ugbabe in the History | 52 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Men and Masculinities in Modern Africa Social history of Africa, ISSN 1099-8098 |
| Editors | Lisa A. Lindsay, Stephan Miescher |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2003 |
| ISBN | 032500255X, 9780325002552 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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