Performing Masculinity: Body, Self and Identity in Modern Fiji

ISBN-13: 9781350183841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Geir Henning Presterudstuen

Opis

Geir Henning Presterudstuen provides an ethnographic account of how men in the multicultural urban centres of Fiji perceive, construct and perform masculinities in the context of rapid social change.

Spis treści

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Modernities, Masculinities and the Fijian Body: Connections and Conceptualizations 2. Performing Masculinity through Christian Devotion: Methodism and Manhood 3. ‘Living in Hell’: Performing Indo-Fijian Masculinities 4. Making a Living: Land, Labour, Trade and Tradition for Modern Fijian Men. 5. Drinking, Hyper-masculinity and Insolence 6. Betting-men and Bad Money: Modern Masculinities and Consumption 7. Sex, Sexualities and the Modern Body Postscript: Modern Masculinities in Fiji and Theoretical Implications Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

Geir Henning Presterudstuen is Lecturer in Anthropology at Western Sydney University, Australia. He has conducted long-term fieldwork in Fiji since 2009 and has published widely on issues of gender and social change.