1st Edition
Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa An Ethnography of (In)vulnerability
By Hans Reihling
Copyright 2020
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
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Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa explores how different masculinities modulate substance use, interpersonal violence, suicidality, and AIDS as well as recovery cross-culturally. With a focus on three male protagonists living in very distinct urban areas of Cape Town, this comparative ethnography shows that men’s struggles to become invulnerable increase vulnerability. Through... Read more
Introduction – connecting: affective health and masculinities 1. Expanding: masculinities in South African history; 2. Remembering: from male trauma to (in)vulnerability; 3. Desiring: the limits of straight men’s sexuality; 4. Hustling: how street-smart men create belonging; 5. Halting: addiction and the gender of substance use; 6. Breaking: male idioms of distress; 7. Surrendering: men’s help-seeking in cross-cultural context; 8. Transposing: manhood and relational dignity
Biography
Hans Reihling, PhD, is a research affiliate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam as well as a couples and family therapist in private practice (www.hansreihling.com)
