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Title:Rethinking masculinities, violence and aids
Editors:Gibson, DianaISNI
Hardon, AnitaISNI
Year:2005
Volume:1
Pages:202
Language:English
Series:Series AIDS, society & culture
City of publisher:Amsterdam
Publisher:Het Spinhuis
ISBN:9055892572
Geographic terms:Kenya
Namibia
South Africa
Subjects:men
sexuality
masculinity
violence
AIDS
Abstract:The nine chapters in this collective volume present ethnographic research conducted in settings ranging from Mexico to Tajikistan (one chapter each), Kenya, Namibia and South Africa in order to highlight the specificity of, and the intersection between masculinity, violence, unsafe sex and HIV/AIDS. The chapters examine the role of power and violence in the construction and practices of masculinity in various sociocultural settings and across age groups and class differences, and explore men as gendered beings in interpersonal and sexual relations. Contributors: Heike Becker, Ann Dinan, Diana Gibson, Glenda Gray, Anita Hardon, Colette Harris, Ann-Karina Henriksen, George McCall, James McIntyre, Sakhumzi Mfecane, Kopano Ratele, Fenneke Reysoo, Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard, Heidi Sauls, Nokuthula Shabalala, Tamara Shefer, Rachel Spronk, Anna Strebel, and Helen Struthers. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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