amaXhosa Circumcision

Stories of Manhood and Mental Health

Lauraine M. H. Vivian (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

220 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-76203-2 (ISBN)

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This book investigates amaXhosa circumcision and the psychological processes involved. Lauraine Vivian employs concepts such as resilience, orthodoxy, broken men, and reciprocity to examine the experiences of men who have developed mental health issues in relation to their initiation into manhood. The chapters cover sensitive topics such as physical injury, pain, harm, and women’s agency. Drawing on the stories of over seventy amaXhosa men, the book provides rare insight into circumcision and psychotic experience.

Lauraine M. H. Vivian is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

1. Negotiating Patriarchy; 2. Resounding Resilience in amaXhosa Circumcision; 3. amaXhosa Women in Circumcision; 4. Embedding Pain in Memory; 5. Circumcision, Manhood and Psychosis; 6. amaXhosa Metaphor in Psychosis; 7.Negotiating Harm; 8. Women’s Advocacy; 9. The Depth of Contestation

Erscheinungsdatum	22.12.2022
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	326 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-367-76203-X / 036776203X
ISBN-13	978-0-367-76203-2 / 9780367762032
Zustand	Neuware