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." |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 42
Page 35
Members of this elite generally had more wives, more cattle, and better farms
than uninitiated men. They also claimed monopolies over many aspects of ritual
power. When initiated men performed omadhila, an annual ceremony to call the
rain ...
Members of this elite generally had more wives, more cattle, and better farms
than uninitiated men. They also claimed monopolies over many aspects of ritual
power. When initiated men performed omadhila, an annual ceremony to call the
rain ...
Page 41
But in an economy where cattle ownership had become concentrated in the
hands of the elite and then decimated by disease, and where wages were so low
that two or three contracts were necessary to buy one beast, young men became
...
But in an economy where cattle ownership had become concentrated in the
hands of the elite and then decimated by disease, and where wages were so low
that two or three contracts were necessary to buy one beast, young men became
...
Page 45
By his own account, Leonard was the terror of the neighborhood as a child; by
the tender age of ten he was destroying property and trying to seduce girls. He
was aware of his elite status: "As a little boy, people spoke of me as very
handsome.
By his own account, Leonard was the terror of the neighborhood as a child; by
the tender age of ten he was destroying property and trying to seduce girls. He
was aware of his elite status: "As a little boy, people spoke of me as very
handsome.
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
Men and Masculinities in Modern African History | 1 |
Challenging Senior Masculinity | 9 |
Forsaking Their Fathers? Colonialism Christianity and Coming | 33 |
Copyright | |
13 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abetifi African History African police African Studies Ahebi Ugbabe Akan Allman Asante Asantehene authority Basel Mission became black policemen boys breadwinner British Cambridge Christian Colliery colonial Compol context culinity cultural Date-Ba Decompol domestic dominant masculinity economic elite Enugu Enugu-Ezike European family allowances fathers female Ghana hegemonic Heinemann Hodgson household husbands ideals identities Igala Igbo Igboland interview Journal of African junior Keith Shear Kenya Kikuyu king Kwawu Lagos Lindsay lives London Maasai Maasai masculinity male elders marriage married masked spirit Mau Mau men's Miescher migrant Mission missionaries modern Muslim Nairobi Namibia native Nigeria notions of masculinity Nsukka officials Opusuo ormeek Ovambo Ovamboland political Presbyterian railway religious role senior masculinity sexual Sidibe social society South African status Swahili teachers tion University Press urban veterans village wage labor warrant chief wife wives woman women workers Yaa Asantewaa Yoruba young youngmen
Bibliographic information
| Title | Men and masculinities in modern Africa Social History of Africa Series |
| Editors | Lisa A. Lindsay, Stephan F. Miescher |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Heinemann Educ Books, 2003 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 10 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 032500255X, 9780325002552 |
| Length | 265 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |