Performing masculinity: body, self and identity in modern Fiji
by Presterudstuen, Geir Henning
"In this book, Geir Henning Presterudstuen provides an ethnographic account of how men in the multicultural urban centres of Fiji perceive, construct and perform masculinities in the context of rapid social change. Theoretically informed by critical feminist theories, postcolonialism, R.W. Connell's work on masculinities and a Bourdieuan conceptualization of the body, this book explores how notions of masculinity, manhood and the male body are shaped by the conflicting social forces of Fijian t…
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- Full title :Performing masculinity : body, self and identity in modern Fiji / Geir Henning Presterudstuen.
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"In this book, Geir Henning Presterudstuen provides an ethnographic account of how men in the multicultural urban centres of Fiji perceive, construct and perform masculinities in the context of rapid social change. Theoretically informed by critical feminist theories, postcolonialism, R.W. Connell's work on masculinities and a Bourdieuan conceptualization of the body, this book explores how notions of masculinity, manhood and the male body are shaped by the conflicting social forces of Fijian tradition, modernity, commercialization and urbanization. The book provides a timely intervention, from the grassroots level in the global south, into an ongoing discourse about men and masculinities that long has been dominated by voices from Europe and the US. Combining classic ethnography with innovative social analysis, Presterudstuen has produced a text suitable for students, academics and a broader audience with an interest in gender and social change. The book is recommended reading for scholars from a variety of disciplines including anthropology, gender studies, sociology, pacific studies and international development"--.
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- Publication Date:2019
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
- Place of Publication:London ; Oxford ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019
The Physical Object
- Description:xvii, 195 Seiten ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781350043343, 1350043346
- oclc:on1090778669
- Dewey Decimal:305.309
Table of Contents
Modernities, masculinities and the Fijian body: connections and conceptualizations -- Performing masculinity through Christian devotion: methodism and manhood -- Living in hell: performing Indo-Fijian masculinities -- Making a living: land, labour, trade and tradition for modern Fijian men -- Drinking, hyper-masculinity and insolence -- Betting-men and bad money : modern masculinities and consumption -- Sex, sexualities and the modern body.
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