| Men and Masculinities in South India First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Osella, Caroline (Author), Osella, Filippo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843312328 ISBN-13: 9781843312321 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2006 Annotation: An anthropological examination of masculinity within South Asian societies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Men's Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.310 |
| Series: Anthem South Asian Studies (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.19 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Cultural Region - Indian - Ethnic Orientation - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Men and Masculinities in South India aims to increase understanding of gender within South Asia and especially South Asian masculinities, a topic whose analysis and ethnographising in the region has had a very sketchy beginning and is ripe for more thorough examination. This is, in short, an almost empty field dominated so far by short articles and collections and the time is right for the first full-length ethnographic study of masculinities. This ground-breaking monograph covers a range of areas including work, cross-sex relationships, sexuality, men's friendships, religious practices and leisure. This book is especially concerned with issues arising from debates which broadly argue over the differences and merits of approaches to gender and identity - rooted in essentialism versus performativity. Questions about the tensions between essentialist and performative theories of self and gender are therefore highlighted throughout the book and explored in relation to various bodies of theory and to South Asian understandings of personhood. |