From boys to men : social constructions of masculinity in contemporary society /
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| Imprint: | Lansdowne [South Africa] : UCT Press, 2007. |
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| Description: | xiii, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7300385 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- 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 approach
- 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 integenerational conflict in the context of civil war in Pietermaritzburg (1987-1991)
- References
- Index
- Picture credits
