Title: Changing men in Southern Africa /
Authors: Morrell, Robert.
Publisher: University of Natal Press : Zed Books,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Men South Africa.; Masculinity South Africa.
Abstract: Despite claims in some quarters that men are in crisis, in southern Africa they still dominate the domestic and public realms. But the power of men is not fixed, nor is it the case that all men share the spoils of dominance equally. Changing Men in Southern Africa looks at the different kinds of masculinity that exist in southern Africa, including white surfers, African lifesavers, Afrikaans-speaking supporters of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), the Soweto Flying Squad, gay men, migrant labourers, African gold miners, unemployed youth, and black working class men. It investigates the ways in which these masculinities continually change: in some cases they accommodate challenge in order to preserve privilege, or respond to pressures with various kinds of violence. But in other situations, they embrace principles of democracy, peace and gender equity. Distancing itself from biological explanations of male behaviour, Changing Men demonstrates that dominant interpretations of masculinity still sanction violence against women, gay people, younger men and those belonging to other racial and ethnic groups. But it also shows that men are vulnerable, and that they are increasingly contributing to more equitable gender relations.
Contents: 1. Migrancy, masculine identities and AIDS / Catherine Campbell -- 2. Resurgent Manhood and Labor Migrancy / Benedict Carton -- 3. Gun Violence and Masculinity in Contemporary South Africa / Jackie Cock -- 4. Puritanism transformed / Kobus Du Pisani -- 5. Disappointed Men / Sean Field -- 6. Ukubhekezela or Ukuzithemba / Crispin Hemson -- 7. Reflections on Colonial War, Family History and the Making of Men and Women / Jon Hyslop -- 8. Men Rule, but Blood Speaks / Bjorn Lindgren -- 9. Mkhumbane and new traditions of (un)african same-sex weddings / Ronald Louw -- 10. Manliness in Migrants and Colonizers / Dunbar Moodie -- 11. Men and Masculinity in South Africa / Robert Morrell -- 12. Learning to be men at a teachers' college in Zimbabwe / Rob Pattman -- 13. Everyday makings of black masculinity / Kopano Ratele -- 14. The military ideal of the Commando / Sandra Swart -- 15. The Emergence of Competitive Surfing and the Construction of Masculine Identities / Glen Thompson -- 16. Inkatha and the problem of male mobilization in the 1980s / Thembisa Waetjen and Gerhard Mare -- 17. Soweto Flying Squad, Professional Masculinities and the Rejection of Machismo / Joan Wardrop -- 18. Rreflections on violence among Xhosa township youth / Kate Wood and Rachel Jewkes -- 19. Masculinities in a Transitional Society / Thokozani Xaba.