To be a man is not a one-day job : masculinity, money, and intimacy in Nigeria /

Refrains about financial hardship are ubiquitous in contemporary Nigeria, frequently expressed through the idiom "to be a man is not a one-day job." But while men talk constantly about money, underlying their economic worries are broader concerns about the shifting meanings of masculinity,...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Smith, Daniel Jordan, 1961- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • From boys to men: learning to love women and money
  • Expensive intimacies: courtship, marriage, and fatherhood
  • "Money problem": work, class, consumption, and men's social status
  • "Ahhheee club": money, intimacy, and male peer groups
  • Masculinity gone awry: intimate partner violence, crime, and insecurity
  • Becoming an elder, burying one's father.