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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| Taal: | Engels |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2017.
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| Online toegang: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1595776 |
Inhoudsopgave:
- 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.