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Fills a gap in the international literature by offering new insights into the heterogeneous ways in which African men are performing, negotiating and experiencing masculinity. Through their analysis of the depictions in film and literature of masculinities in colonial, independent and post-independent Africa, the contributors open some key African texts to a more obviously politicized set of meanings. Collectively, the essays provide space for rethinking current theory on gender and masculinity: - how only some of the most popular theories in masculinity studies in the West hold true in African contexts; - howWestern masculinities react with indigenous masculinities on the continent; - how masculinity and femininity in Africa seem to reside more on a continuum of cultural practices than on absolutely opposite planes; - andhow generation often functions as a more potent metaphor than gender. Lahoucine Ouzgane is Associate Professor of English & Film Studies, University of Alberta, Canada.

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A remarkably significant contribution to the topic of men and masculinities in Africa. AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY Recommended. CHOICE

A remarkably significant contribution to the topic of men and masculinities in Africa. AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY Recommended. CHOICE

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Lahoucine Ouzgane & Onookome Okome are both Associate Professors of English & Film Studies at the University of Alberta

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