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Manhood and morality
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ISBN: 1134665598 0203272765 1134665601 1280182377 0203004868 9786610182374 9780203272763 9780203004869 9780415185776 0415185777 9780415185783 0415185785 9781134665594 0415185777 0415185785 9781134665556 9781134665600 Year: 1999 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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'An impressive and meticulously crafted African ethnography, which has theoretical and practical relevance for understanding masculinity and violence in general'- David Parkin, Professor of Anthropology, Cambridge University Manhood and Morality explores issues of male identity among the Gisu of Uganda and the moral dilemma faced by men who define themselves by their capacity for violence. Drawing extensively on twenty years of fieldwork and on psychological theory the book covers: circumcisionOedipal feelingswitchcraftdeviancejokingsexualityand ethnicity.

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