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Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-86).
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2014
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| author | Zuma, Buhle |
| author2 | Erasmus, Zimitri |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-86). |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9235 Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants Zuma, Buhle Erasmus, Zimitri Diversity Studies Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-86). This thesis explores the contexts in which combatant masculinities were constructed: (a) in apartheid South Africa through mass mobilization and politicization; (b) in exile through military training; and (c) in post-apartheid South Africa through cultural concepts of manhood and non-governmental organisations' (NGOs) initiatives. This qualitative study, based on six in-depth interviews, follows through the three different contexts, the narratives of the same group of ex-combatants ofUmkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). These men went into exile as part of the 1980 generation. It concludes that the different contexts facilitated the construction of different masculinities. During resistance to apartheid, civilian struggle masculinities were made. Military training made militarised masculinities. Post 1994 marks the creation of masculinities in transition. Among the key factors shaping each of these masculinities are: political structures, ideological and political youth constructs; the totality of the military and a patriarchal and heterosexual discourse; and cultural concepts of manhood. This thesis outlines similarities and differences between the three types of masculinities as well as other broad themes that permeate the study. 2014-11-05T17:24:40Z 2014-11-05T17:24:40Z 2009 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9235 eng application/pdf Department of Sociology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Diversity Studies Zuma, Buhle Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants |
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| title | Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants |
| title_full | Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants |
| title_fullStr | Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants |
| title_short | Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants |
| title_sort | changing contexts shifting masculinities a study of ex combatants |
| topic | Diversity Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9235 |
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