African Masculinities Men in Africa from the Late Nineteenth Century
While masculinity studies enjoys considerable growth in the West, there is very little analysis of African masculinities. This volume explores what it means for an African to be masculine and how male identity is shaped by cultural forces. The editors bel
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African Masculinities
Men in Africa from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present Edited by Lahoucine Ouzgane and Robert Morrell
AFRICAN MASCULINITIES
© Lahoucine Ouzgane and Robert Morrell, 2005. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2005 978-1-4039-6587-5 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-52921-6
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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors African Masculinities: An Introduction Robert Morrell and Lahoucine Ouzgane
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I. Interpreting Masculinities
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1. A Grammar of Black Masculinity: A Body of Science Arthur F. Saint-Aubin 2. Somewhere, over the Rainbow: Cape Town, South Africa, as a “Gay Destination” Glen S. Elder 3. Visualizing Homosexualities in Africa—Dakan: An Interview with Filmmaker Mohamed Camara Beti Ellerson 4. Hausa Concepts of Masculinity and the ‘Yan Daudu Frank A. Salamone
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II. Representing Masculinities 5. To Be a Man: Changing Constructions of Manhood in Drum Magazine, 1951–1965 Lindsay Clowes 6. Of Masks, Mimicry, Misogyny, and Miscegenation: Forging Black South African Masculinity in Bloke Modisane’s Blame Me on History Meredith Goldsmith 7. The Troubled Masculinities in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions Kathryn Holland
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8. (Dis)Enabling Masculinities: The Word and the Body, Class Politics, and Male Sexuality in El Saadawi’s God Dies by the Nile Sally Hayward 9. The Masculine Subject of Colonialism: The Egyptian Loss of the Sudan Wilson Chacko Jacob III. Constructing Masculinities 10. Gender and Embodiment: Expec
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