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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829592103321

Titolo

From boys to men [[electronic resource] ] : social constructions of masculinity in contemporary society / / edited by T. Shefer ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lansdowne [South Africa], : UCT Press, 2007

ISBN

1-920499-86-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SheferTamara

Soggetti

Masculinity - South Africa

Masculinity in popular culture - South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Foreword by Raewyn Connell""; ""About the contributors""; ""Introduction From boys to men: an overview""; ""Chapter 1 The problems boys and men create, the problems boys and men experience""; ""Chapter 2 Researching and working with boys and young men in southern Africa in the context of HIV/Aids: a radical approac""; ""Chapter 3 Multiple meanings of manhood among boys in Ghana""; ""Chapter 4 Do you want to be a father? School-going youth in Durban schools at the turn of the 21st century""

""Chapter 5 Teenage masculinity: the double find of conformity to hegemonic standards""""Chapter 6 �Moffies, jock and cool guys�: boys� accounts of masculinity and their resistance in context""; ""Chapter 7 South African boys with plans for the future: why a focus on dominant discourses tells us only a part of the story""; ""Chapter 8 �A woman cannot marry a boy�: rescue, spectacle and transitional Xhosa masculinities""; ""Chapter 9 Social construction of masculinity on the racial and gendered margins of Cape Town""

""Chapter 10 Masculinities in the era of HIV/Aids: the perspectives of rural male Zulu youth""""Chapter 11 Masculinities in the ANC-led liberation movement""; ""Chapter 12 Culture change, Zulu masculinity and intergenerational conflict in the context of civil war in Pietermaritzburg (1987-1991)""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Picture credits""