Description: To Be a Man Is Not a One-Day Job : Masculinity, Money, and Intimacy in Nigeria, Paperback by Smith, Daniel Jordan, ISBN 022649165X, ISBN-13 9780226491653, Brand New, Free shipping in the US To Be a Man Is Not a One-Day Job by award-winning Africanist Daniel Jordan Smith is an empathic account of changing conceptions of masculinity in Nigeria today and, in particular, the anxious entanglement of money and intimacy in men’s lives. Scholars have long recognized that in Africa affection and social connection are concretized in material support. But the changing economic landscape have made it increasingly difficult for men to navigate their social world. Drawing on the author’s twenty-five years of research in Nigeria, Smith takes readers through the principal phases of men’s lives: from the transition to adulthood, to searching for work while managing courtship, marriage and fatherhood, and, finally, to the transition to elderhood. Throughout, Smith gives a moving glimpse into men’s struggles to fulfill their own and society’s expectations. He details what performing masculinity actually requires in practice along with the social dangers that are being created as men are shouldering increasingly unrealistic responsibilities. The result is a humane and accessible work that will be required reading for anyone interested in how economics and intimacy are being reshaped in Africa today.
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Book Title: To Be a Man Is Not a One-Day Job : Masculinity, Money, and Intima
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: To Be a Man Is Not a One-Day Job : Masculinity, Money, and Intimacy in Nigeria
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Africa / West, Gender Studies, Men's Studies, Economic Conditions, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Money & Monetary Policy
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Author: Daniel Jordan Smith
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
