Performing Masculinity

Name: Performing Masculinity
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Body, Self and Identity in Modern Fiji

By: Geir Presterudstuen

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Paperback | 17 September 2020 | Edition Number 1

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216 Pages

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23.4 x 15.6 x 1.7

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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. Theoretically
informed by critical feminist theories, postcolonialism, R.W. Connell's work
on masculinities and a Bourdieuan conceptualization of the body, this
book explores how notions of masculinity, manhood and the male body
are shaped by the conflicting social forces of Fijian tradition, modernity,
commercialization and urbanization.

The book provides a timely intervention, from the grassroots level in the
global south, into an ongoing discourse about men and masculinities that
has long been dominated by voices from Europe and the US. Combining
classic ethnography with innovative social analysis, Presterudstuen's
book is suitable for students and academics with an interest in gender
and social change, and for scholars across a variety of disciplines
including anthropology, gender studies, sociology, pacific studies and
international development.

Industry Reviews

"This book takes on an important topic in both Masculinities/gender studies and the Anthropology of the Pacific region. Not only is the book going to be of interest to scholars working across several disciplines, but it will also be accessible to students and a more broadly interested public. - John Taylor, La Trobe University, Australia

An important study of modern experiments with masculinity in Fiji, which makes for a nuanced ethnography of gendered bodies, practices and power in diverse contexts such as villages, nightclubs gambling and religious venues. - Kalissa Alexeyeff, The University of Melbourne, Australia

This is a well-researched, ethnographically sensitive, historically informed study of emerging sexualities and genders in two distinct, but historically and culturally entangled, ethnic communities in Fiji. - Aletta Biersack, University of Oregon, USA

This book is at the cutting-edge of the anthropology of masculinity, and focuses in innovative ways on overlooked topics that matter. - Matt Tomlinson, Australian National University, Australia"

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