Manhood and Morality: Sex, Violence and Ritual in Gisu Society Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Manhood and Morality: Sex, Violence and Ritual in Gisu Society Book

Manhood and Morality explores issues of male identity among the Gisu of Uganda in the context of the moral dilemma faced by men who define themselves in terms of their capacity for violence. Drawing extensively on twenty years of fieldwork experience and informed by psychological theory, Suzette Heald's discussion encompasses circumcision, Oedipal feelings, witchcraft, deviance, joking, sexuality and ethnicity. In examining the power of masculinity to set the moral agenda, this ethnographic study challenges our preconceptions of manhood, especially African virility, inviting a wider re-evaluation of masculinity. The book comprises self-contained sections in which the narrative is contextualized within contemporary debate, providing an engaging and highly readable text.Read More

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  • 0415185785
  • 9780415185783
  • Suzette Heald
  • 4 February 1999
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 208
  • 1
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