Crafting masculine selves : culture, war, and psychodynamics in Afghanistan /

Crafting masculine selves : culture, war, and psychodynamics in Afghanistan /

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Author / Creator:Chiovenda, Andrea, author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Oxford scholarship online
Oxford scholarship online.
Subject:
Pushtuns -- Afghanistan.
Masculinity -- Afghanistan.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Psychological aspects.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Social aspects.
Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12686957
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ISBN:9780190073589 (ebook) : No price
Notes:Due to be issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 9, 2019).
Summary:Based on five years of ethnographic research among Pashtun men in Afghanistan, this text presents a psychological study of adjustment and adaptation (or lack thereof) to cultural norms and rules of masculinity, and of how social expectations impact the subjectivity and inner lives of the protagonists. It chronicles Afghan Pashtun men's private conflicts, contradictions, and ambivalences just as much as it shows how three decades of continuous conflict have exacerbated and deepened the place and role of violence in Pashtun society, where what was considerate legitimate and justifiable behaviour in the battlefield has spilled over into everyday life among non-combatants.
Target Audience:Specialized.
Other form:Print version : 9780190073558

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