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 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
...
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
...
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
He was aware of his elite status : “ As a little boy , people spoke of me as very
handsome . I was always dressed in nice clothes . . . . Whenever we played with
other children , they made me their king , or I made myself their king , or their
pastor ...
He was aware of his elite status : “ As a little boy , people spoke of me as very
handsome . I was always dressed in nice clothes . . . . Whenever we played with
other children , they made me their king , or I made myself their king , or their
pastor ...
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Contents
Men and Masculinities in Modern African History | 1 |
Forsaking Their Fathers? Colonialism Christianity and Coming | 33 |
Masculinities and Programs | 89 |
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 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 10 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 032500255X, 9780325002552 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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