Becoming men : Black masculinities in a South African township / Malose Langa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed April 2, 2020)

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1: What Makes a Man a Man? -- 2: Reshaping Masculinities -- Understanding the Lives of Adolescent Boys -- The notion of hegemonic masculinity in context -- Risk-taking behaviours of school-age boys -- Alternative masculinities -- Part of the problem or part of the solution? -- Understanding masculine subjectivity -- 3: Backdrop to Alex -- South African Townships and Stories in Context -- Getting the picture -- Individual and group interviews -- 4: Absent Fathers, Present Mothers

5: Pressures to Perform -- Tsotsi Boys vs Academic Achievement -- 6: Double Standards -- Dating, Sex and Girls -- 7: Defying Homophobia: 'This is Who I am, Finish and Klaar' -- Hilton's story -- Marcus's story -- 8: Young Fathers and the World of Work -- Martin's story -- Herman's story -- Themba's story -- 9: 'I'm Still Hopeful, Still Positive' -- Holding onto a Dream -- Simon's story -- 10: Safe Spaces -- Listening, Hearing, Action -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover

Becoming Men is the story of 32 boys from Alexandra, one of Johannesburg's largest townships, over a period of twelve seminal years in which they negotiate manhood and masculinity. Psychologist and academic, Malose Langa documents what it means to be a young black man in contemporary South Africa.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide