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 5
Nwando Achebe ( this volume ) provides evidence of a female warrant chief
exercising power in a role gendered as male in northern Igboland well into the
colonial period . Historical incidents of African forms of ( male ) homosexualities
also ...
Nwando Achebe ( this volume ) provides evidence of a female warrant chief
exercising power in a role gendered as male in northern Igboland well into the
colonial period . Historical incidents of African forms of ( male ) homosexualities
also ...
Page 35
It was fathers who named their offspring , ransomed a child captured in war ,
offered a sacrifice if a child became sick , and paid for male and female initiation .
They often gave gifts of property to their children before their death . ' Young men
...
It was fathers who named their offspring , ransomed a child captured in war ,
offered a sacrifice if a child became sick , and paid for male and female initiation .
They often gave gifts of property to their children before their death . ' Young men
...
Page 66
When Ahebi created and brought out a masked spirit in her attempt to realize full
manhood within the Nsukka indigenous context , full men as well as members of
the Nsukka male gerontocratic elite immediately reined her in . They confiscated
...
When Ahebi created and brought out a masked spirit in her attempt to realize full
manhood within the Nsukka indigenous context , full men as well as members of
the Nsukka male gerontocratic elite immediately reined her in . They confiscated
...
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Contents
Men and Masculinities in Modern African History | 1 |
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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