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The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities
Title
The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities [electronic resource] / edited by Ezra Chitando, Obert Bernard Mlambo, Sakhumzi Mfecane, Kopano Ratele.
ISBN
9783031491672
Edition
1st ed. 2024.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (X, 967 p.) 44 illus.
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Summary
This handbook provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of key theoretical and analytical approaches, topics and debates in contemporary scholarship on African masculinities. Refusing to privilege Western theoretical constructs (but remaining in dialogue with them), contributors explore the contestations around and diversities within men, masculinities and sexualities in Africa; investigate individual and collective practices of masculinity; and interrogate the social construction of masculinities. Bringing together insights from scholars across gender studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, literature and religion, this book demonstrates how recognizing and upholding the integrity of African phenomena, locating and reflecting on men and masculinities in varied African contexts and drawing new theoretical frameworks all combine to take the discourse on men and masculinities in Africa forward. Chapters examine a range of issues within the context of masculinities, including embodiment, sport, violence, militarism, spirituality, gender roles, fatherhood, homosexuality, health and work. This handbook will be valuable reading for scholars, researchers, and policymakers in Gender Studies (particularly Masculinity Studies) and Africana Studies.
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May 08, 2024
Contents
Part I. African Masculinities: Theoretical Explorations
1: Introduction: Men and Masculinities in Africa
2: African Masculinities and the Question of the Men/Non-Men
3: Hegemonic Masculinity and African Studies of Men and Masculinities
4: Men and Masculinity studies in Eastern Africa: Towards Endogenous Theoretical Perspectives
5: 'Emergent Masculinities' in Africa: The Case of Sierra Leone
6: "Man-Africanism," African Women and the Field of Masculinities: Some Reflections
7: Men in Women's Circles: Conceding Epistemological Privilege?- 8: The Transformative Masculinities Agenda in Africa: Confessions of an Activist
Part II: African Masculinities and Embodiment
9: Emerging alternative young black masculinities in South Africa
10: Living as a Blind Man in Zambia
11: Masculine Identities and Circumcision
12: Men and Football in Africa
13: Masculinities and Racial Terms of Belonging in Post-Colonial Tunis
Part III: African Masculinities in the Arts
14: Making Men: The Portrayal of Masculinity in Nigerian Children's Literature.-15: Masculinity, Militarism and Deconstruction of National Identity in Purple Hibiscus
16: The Problem of 'Redemptive Masculinity' in Purple Hibiscus
17: Two Sides of a Coin? Rethinking the Ideology of Male Gender Violence Within the Prism of Two Nigerian Plays
18: The Nigerian Big Man Figure in I Do Not Come to You By Chance
19: Queer Masculinities in North African Literature
Part IV: African Masculinities and Religiosity: New Testament Masculinities in African Christianity
20: Religious Men in Contemporary Times in Zambia: Representations of Pentecostal Pastors in Public Media
20: African Pentecostal spiritual men in the United Kingdom
22: Masculinities, marriage and ministry: The Construction of 'Umfundisi' in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa
23: Islam and Masculinities in Nigeria
24: Perceptions of masculinity among pious members of Egypt's Episcopal community
Part V: African Masculinities and Femininities
25: The Conception of Masculinity between Constancy and Change
26: Female masculinity and breadwinner femininity in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
28: Understanding Zimbabwean men's involvement in abortion
28: Changing Masculinities and Femininities for Zimbabwe's Development: A Philosophical Examination
29: Interrogating African Communitarianism from a Feminist Perspective
30: Men in the Academy: Male Teachers as Mentors in Liberia
Part VI: African Masculinities and Violence
31: Military Masculinities and Violence in Africa
32: Liberation War Veterans and Masculinity in Zimbabwe
33: Men in Politics in Lesotho and Political Masculinity
34: At the Intersection of Prisons, Masculinities and Violence: Patterns of Masculinities within Correctional Service Settings in Lesotho
35: Masculinity, Gender and Identity in the Nigerian Military
36: Of violence, paternalistic care and instrumental kinship
37: Masculinity and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Same-Sex Relationships in Kenya
Part VII: African Masculinities and Queer Identities
38: Dress Codes as Constructs of Male Masculinities in Northern Ghana
39: Perilous Dressing: The Fashion Politics of Nigeria's Male Barbie
40: Men who love other men in Malawi
41: Gay Men's Relationships with their Mothers
42: Changing Religious Attitudes towards Gay Men in Southern Africa
43: Gossip, marginality, and movement among gay men in Tanzania
Part VIII: African Masculinities and Health
44: Masculinity and Suicide
45: Adolescent Boys, Young Men and Mental Health in Southern Africa
46: Men and Health in Africa
47: The role of education in shaping healthy adolescent masculinities in ESA region
48: Exploring Fitness Culture and Food
49: Supplementation through the Lenses of Hyper-Masculinity
Part IX: African Masculinities, Family and Work
50: Entrepreneurial Masculinities in Nairobi's low-income Neighbourhoods
51: Disrupting hegemonic masculinity(ies): unpicking urban men's livelihood survival strategies in Ghana
52: Theorizing a Necessary Link: Masculinity and Social Sustainability in African Contexts
53: Towards Familial Roles, Culture and Socio-economic Transformations: Men and Child Care in Botswana
54: "I am Father": Narratives of paternal (dis)connections in South Africa and Guinea
55: Fatherhood in Urban South Africa: The (un)making of the "poor black man" as the absentee father in South African media.
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