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OverviewUsing South Africa as a case study this book explores how the politics of masculinity and gender power are at the heart of tensions in nation building. In this compact, powerful new study Thembisa Waetjen explores how gender structured the mobilization of Zulu nationalism in South Africa as antiapartheld efforts gained force during the 1980s. Undercutting assumptions of male power and nationalism as monolithic, Workers and Warriors demonstrates the ways that masculinities may be plural, conflict-ridden, and crucial not only to the formation of loyalty but also to why some nationalisms fail. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thembisa WaetjenPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.327kg ISBN: 9780252029080ISBN 10: 0252029089 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 12 May 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews"""Thembisa Waetjen has written a dramatic and illuminating study of masculinity and politics, with relevance far wider than the remarkable case of Zulu nationalism. This book casts fresh light on ethnic appeals, nation-building, authority, and gender identities. It develops a new line of thought about the limits of masculine ideology in overcoming social divisions. This is an important contribution to our understanding of gender, development, and nationality."" -- R. W. Connell, author of Masculinities and Gender and Power: Society, the Person and Sexual Politics" Thembisa Waetjen has written a dramatic and illuminating study of masculinity and politics, with relevance far wider than the remarkable case of Zulu nationalism. This book casts fresh light on ethnic appeals, nation-building, authority, and gender identities. It develops a new line of thought about the limits of masculine ideology in overcoming social divisions. This is an important contribution to our understanding of gender, development, and nationality. -- R. W. Connell, author of Masculinities and Gender and Power: Society, the Person and Sexual Politics Author InformationThembisa Waetjen most recently taught as a visiting lecturer in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Natal, Durban. She has published articles in journals such as Theory and Society and, with co-author Gerhard Maré, was a contributor to Changing Men in Southern Africa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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