Men and masculinities in modern AfricaThis collection is the first to analyze the concepts and issues involved in exploring African men and the constructions of masculinity in sub-Saharan Africa. Major themes include men as gendered actors, the social construction of masculinity, masculinity as a relational category, and 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 20th-century Africa. Chronologically and regionally diverse, the collection moves from the early colonial period through the era of independence and includes local studies throughout 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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Ormeek was therefore an implicit critique of all that modernity represented to
Maasai: education, institutionalized religion, even the political structure and
language of the nation-state. The senior and venerable elders I interviewed, who
grew up ...
Ormeek was therefore an implicit critique of all that modernity represented to
Maasai: education, institutionalized religion, even the political structure and
language of the nation-state. The senior and venerable elders I interviewed, who
grew up ...
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And as the scope and pace of interventions in Maasai life increased, the meaning
of ormeek broadened to encompass each new arena of imposed social and
cultural change, further heightening the contrast between them. Furthermore ...
And as the scope and pace of interventions in Maasai life increased, the meaning
of ormeek broadened to encompass each new arena of imposed social and
cultural change, further heightening the contrast between them. Furthermore ...
Page 223
Younger men speak of ormeek as merely signaling a difference in language ("
they speak Swahili") or a difference in dress ("they wear pants"). In contrast to
earlier meanings of ormeek, such differences are more external and not mutually
...
Younger men speak of ormeek as merely signaling a difference in language ("
they speak Swahili") or a difference in dress ("they wear pants"). In contrast to
earlier meanings of ormeek, such differences are more external and not mutually
...
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Contents
Men and Masculinities in Modern African History | 1 |
2Forsaking Their Fathers? Colonialism Christianity and Coming | 33 |
Meredith McKittrick | 50 |
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| Title | Men and masculinities in modern Africa Social history of Africa |
| Authors | Lisa A. Lindsay, Stephan Miescher |
| Editors | Lisa A. Lindsay, Stephan Miescher |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Heinemann, 2003 |
| ISBN | 032500255X, 9780325002552 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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