Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants

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dc.contributor.advisorErasmus, Zimitrien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorZuma, Buhleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-05T17:24:40Z
dc.date.available2014-11-05T17:24:40Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 80-86).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationZuma, B. (2009). <i>Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9235en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationZuma, Buhle. <i>"Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9235en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationZuma, B. 2009. Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Zuma, Buhle AB - 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. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants TI - Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9235 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9235
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationZuma B. Changing contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatants. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9235en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherDiversity Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleChanging contexts, shifting masculinities : a study of ex-combatantsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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