Masculinities in contemporary Africa / edited by Egodi Uchendu = La masculinité en Afrique contemporaine / édité par Egodi Uchendu.

Other author Uchendu, Egodi.
Other author Codesria.
Other author Codesria Gender Institute.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDakar : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa ; Oxford, UK : Distributed elsewhere by African Books Collective,
Descriptionix, 266 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Men--Africa.
Masculinity--Africa.
Sex role--Africa.

Parallel title Masculinité en Afrique contemporaine
SeriesCodesria gender series ; 7
Codesria gender series ; 7. ^A715535
Contents Introduction: are African males men? sketching African masculinities / Egodi Uchendu -- Studying men in Africa critically / Kopano Ratele -- Masculinity and ritual violence: a study of bullfighting among the Luhyia of Western Kenya / Egara Kabaji -- The masculine discursive construction of rape in the Kenyan press / James Ogola Onyango -- La masculinité au Maroc entre traditions, modernité et int́grisme / Abdessamad Dialmy -- La formation la masculinité entre la tradition et la modernité (le cas du sud du Togo) / Svetlana Koudolo -- White men: an exploration of intersections of masculinity, whiteness and colonialism and the engagement of counter-hegemonic projects / Claire Kelly -- L'état moderne africain et le patriarcat public / Ibrahim Mouiche -- Men's role in persistent rural poverty: lessons from Kenya / Wanjiku Chiuri -- Student fathers and the challenge to masculinities in Kenyan universities / Charity Mwangi-Chemnjor -- The interaction of gender and migration: household relations in rural and urban Mozambique / Inês M. Raimundo -- 'Lifting the cloak on manhood': coverage of Xhosa male circumcision in the South African press / Lilian N. Ndangam -- Ordre masculin, violences politiques et initiatives féminines pour la paix au Congo Brazzaville de 1991 à 1999 / Koutouma Nsona -- Corps et beauté : représentations et enjeux. socio-anthropologie de la construction binaire: masculin/féminin. Le cas de l'étudiante algérienne / Zahia Benabdallah.
General note"The papers in this volume were initially presented and discussed at CODESRIA's 2005 Gender Institute"--P. [v].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageEnglish and French.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009324283
ISBN9782869782273
ISBN2869782276

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