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Overview'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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Caroline Osella , Filippo OsellaPublisher: Anthem Press Imprint: Anthem Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781843312321ISBN 10: 1843312328 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 September 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface; Acknoledgements; 1. Introduction: Masculinites in South Asia; 2. How to Make a Man?; 3. Working Men's Lives; 4. Men of Substance: Earning and Spending; 5. Producing Heterosexuality: Flirting and Romancing; 6. Negotiating Heterosexuality: Pornography, Masturbation and 'Secret Love'; 7. Homosocial Spaces: The Sabarimala Pilgrimage; 8. Masculine Styles: Young Men and Movie Heroes; 9. Conclusions; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexReviews'A terrific book which uses local ethnography by two consummate anthropologists... a splendid addition not only to South Asian Studies but to studies of gender issues everywhere.' Maila Stivens, Director of Gender Studies, University of Melbourne 'A terrific book which uses local ethnography by two consummate anthropologists... a splendid addition not only to South Asian Studies but to studies of gender issues everywhere.' Maila Stivens, Director of Gender Studies, University of Melbourne 'This book forcefully and engagingly demonstrates why we should not take for granted how boys become men.' Patricia Jeffery, Professor of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh Author InformationCaroline Osella lectures in Medical Anthropology at SOAS. Her research interests include Asian migrants in the Persian Gulf, sexuality, consumption and the fashion, clothing and food of South Asia. Filippo Osella is a senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex. His doctoral research was conducted in rural Kerala, South India, and examined issues of stratification, identity and social mobility among an ex-'untouchable' community. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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