To be a man is not a one-day job : masculinity, money, and intimacy in Nigeria /

To be a man is not a one-day job : masculinity, money, and intimacy in Nigeria /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Daniel Jordan, 1961- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Men > Nigeria > Social conditions.
Masculinity > Economic aspects > Nigeria.
Money > Social aspects > Nigeria.
Igbo (African people) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From boys to men: learning to love women and money
  • Expensive intimacies: courtship, marriage, and fatherhood
  • "Money problem": work, class, consumption, and men's social status
  • "Ahhheee club": money, intimacy, and male peer groups
  • Masculinity gone awry: intimate partner violence, crime, and insecurity
  • Becoming an elder, burying one's father.