Suzette Heald

Manhood and Morality

Sex, Violence and Ritual in Gisu Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'An impressive and meticulously crafted African ethnography, which has theoretical and practical relevance for understanding masculinity and violence in general'- David Parkin, Professor of Anthropology, Cambridge University Manhood and Morality explores issues of male identity among the Gisu of Uganda and the moral dilemma faced by men who define themselves by their capacity for violence. Drawing extensively on twenty years of fieldwork and on psychological theory the book covers: circumcision Oedipal feelings witchcraft deviance joking sexuality and ethnicity. This ethnographic study challenges our preconceptions of manhood, especially African virility, inviting a wider re-evaluation of masculinity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780415185783
• ISBN-10: 0415185785
• Artikelnr.: 21110045

Autorenporträt

Suzette Heald is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Lancaster and is currently teaching at the University of Botswana.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction 2 The making of men: the relevance of vernacular psychology
to the interpretation of a Gisu ritual 3 The ritual use of violence:
circumcision among the Gisu of Uganda 4 Every man a hero: Oedipal themes in
Gisu circumcision 5 Witches and thieves: deviant motivations in Gisu
society 6 Divinatory failure: Gisu diviners and the problem of doubt 7
Joking and avoidance, hostility and incest: an essay on Gisu moral
categories 8 The power of sex: reflections on the Caldwells' 'African
sexuality' thesis 9 Tribal rites and tribal rights