Crafting masculine selves: culture, war, and psychodynamics in Afghanistan

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Based on five years of ethnographic research among Pashtun men in Afghanistan, this text presents a psychological study of adjustment and adaptation (or lack thereof) to cultural norms and rules of masculinity, and of how social expectations impact the subjectivity and inner lives of the protagonist...

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Main Author: Chiovenda, Andrea (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Pushtuns > Afghanistan
Masculinity > Afghanistan
Afghan War, 2001- > Psychological aspects
Afghan War, 2001- > Social aspects
Pushtuns ; Afghanistan
Masculinity ; Afghanistan
Afghan War, 2001- ; Psychological aspects
Afghan War, 2001- ; Social aspects
Afghanistan ; Social conditions ; 21st century
Afghanistan > Social conditions > 21st century
Afghanistan
Afghanistan > Paschtunen > Mann > Männlichkeit
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Based on five years of ethnographic research among Pashtun men in Afghanistan, this text presents a psychological study of adjustment and adaptation (or lack thereof) to cultural norms and rules of masculinity, and of how social expectations impact the subjectivity and inner lives of the protagonists. It chronicles Afghan Pashtun men's private conflicts, contradictions, and ambivalences just as much as it shows how three decades of continuous conflict have exacerbated and deepened the place and role of violence in Pashtun society, where what was considerate legitimate and justifiable behaviour in the battlefield has spilled over into everyday life among non-combatants.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 259 Seiten)
ISBN:9780190073589
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190073558.001.0001