Affective Health and Masculinities in South Afr, Reihling Paperback..

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Affective Health and Masculinities in South AfricaAn Ethnography of (In)vulnerability\nAuthor(s): Hans Reihling\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032237039, 978-1032237039\nSynopsis\nAffective Health and Masculinities in South Africa explores how different masculinities modulate substance use, interpersonal violence, suicidality, and AIDS as well as recovery cross-culturally.\n\nWith a focus on three male protagonists living in very distinct urban areas of Cape Town, this comparative ethnography shows that mens struggles to become invulnerable increase vulnerability. Through an analysis of masculinities as social assemblages, the study shows how affective health problems are tied to modern individualism rather than African tradition that has become a clich in Eurocentric gender studies. Affective health is conceptualized as a balancing act between autonomy and connectivity that after colonialism and apartheid has.