African Masculinities

African Masculinities
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9781403979605
ISBN-13 : 140397960X
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Book Synopsis African Masculinities by : L. Ouzgane

Download or read book African Masculinities written by L. Ouzgane and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While masculinity studies enjoys considerable growth in the West, there is very little analysis of African masculinities. This volume explores what it means for an African to be masculine and how male identity is shaped by cultural forces. The editors believe that to tackle the important questions in Africa-the many forms of violence (wars, genocides, familial violence and crime) and the AIDS pandemic-it is necessary to understand how a combination of a colonial past, patriarchal cultural structures and a variety of religious and knowledge systems creates masculine identities and sexualities. The work done in the book particularly bears in mind how vulnerability and marginalization produce complex forms of male identity. The book is interdisciplinary and is the first in-depth and comprehensive study of African men as a gendered category.


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