MACMILLAN Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities

The Palgrave Handbook addresses theoretical and analytical approaches to African masculinities from multiple academic disciplines including sociology, anthropology and gender studies.

Contributors explore contested meanings and diverse expressions of masculinity and sexuality across different African societies and communities.

This handbook interrogates how masculinities are socially constructed through individual and collective practices within African cultural contexts.

The collection maintains dialogue with Western theoretical frameworks whilst refusing to privilege them as the primary lens for understanding African men.

Scholars investigate the intersections between gender, sexuality and masculinity to provide nuanced analysis of men's identities in contemporary Africa.