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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, French Series: Codesria gender series ; 7.Publication details: Dakar : CODESRIA, c2008.Description: ix, 266 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9782869782273
  • 2869782276
Other title:
  • Masculinité en Afrique contemporaine
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ1090.7.A35 M37 2008
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.
Item type: Books
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS HQ 1090.7 .A35 M37 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA004477 Available AUA004477

"The papers in this volume were initially presented and discussed at CODESRIA's 2005 Gender Institute"--P. [v].

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

English and French.