"Gevaarlike transitions": negotiating hegemonic masculinity and rites of passage amongst coloured boys awaiting trial on the cape flats

This study looks at the way 25 coloured, Afrikaans speaking boys, awaiting trial for various crimes, position themselves in relation to forms of hegemonic masculinity. Hegemonic masculinity refers to popular ideologies of ideal and actual characteristics of what it means to be a "real man"...

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Main Author: Adam Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University 2009-01-01
Series:Psychology in Society
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1015-60462009000200001
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