Hausa Concepts of Masculinity and the ‘Yan Daudu

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ID20074815
AuthorsF A Salamone (0000-0003-2826-2224, corresponding author)
Year2005
Pages75-86
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueAfrican Masculinities (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781403979605_5
OpenAlexW2157568566
ISBN9781403979605
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited11

There has long been an argument between advocates of nature and nurture regarding the function each has in shaping human behavior. Recently, sociobiologists such as Chagnon (1988) and Fox (1997) have had particular influence in shaping the argument regarding the inherent, or biological, nature of masculinity. The significance of the cultural construction of masculinity and femininity and of gender roles in general has been relatively neglected in the elevation of biological theories in the social sciences and their employment to explain cultural issues. I am not denying the importance of biology, simply stressing the manner in which culture gives meaning to it in its social landscape. (For relevant works on sociobiology see Barkow et al. 1992 and Boyd and Richerson 1994.)KeywordsEthnic IdentityFemale Genital MutilationColonial RuleSpirit PossessionMasculine RoleThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Geography · Hausa · Linguistics · Masculinity · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Philosophy

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