The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities

Research Report: Masters in psychology - Coursework and research report , 07 June 2017 === The study investigated the challenges that black middle class men experience in negotiating the masculine identities within the South African context. The adopted understanding was that of Connell in that the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nkosi, Thokozani Samuel
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:Nkosi, Thokozani Samuel (2017) The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23824>
https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23824
id ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-wits-oai-wiredspace.wits.ac.za-10539-23824
record_format oai_dc
spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-wits-oai-wiredspace.wits.ac.za-10539-238242019-05-11T03:41:08Z The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities Nkosi, Thokozani Samuel Masculinity--South Africa Men--South Africa--Psychology Identity (Psychology)--South Africa Blacks--Social conditions Middle class men--South Africa Research Report: Masters in psychology - Coursework and research report , 07 June 2017 The study investigated the challenges that black middle class men experience in negotiating the masculine identities within the South African context. The adopted understanding was that of Connell in that there are many ways of being a man. The findings were that men are given a standard or expectations to live by but there are never guided on how to go about meeting them. This was portrayed by the interwoven themes and discourse that in some instances work against each other and render the black middle class men vulnerable in terms of identities. MT2018 2018-02-08T11:46:04Z 2018-02-08T11:46:04Z 2017 Thesis Nkosi, Thokozani Samuel (2017) The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23824> https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23824 en Online resource (110 leaves) application/pdf application/pdf
collection NDLTD
language en
format Others
sources NDLTD
topic Masculinity--South Africa
Men--South Africa--Psychology
Identity (Psychology)--South Africa
Blacks--Social conditions
Middle class men--South Africa
spellingShingle Masculinity--South Africa
Men--South Africa--Psychology
Identity (Psychology)--South Africa
Blacks--Social conditions
Middle class men--South Africa
Nkosi, Thokozani Samuel
The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities
description Research Report: Masters in psychology - Coursework and research report , 07 June 2017 === The study investigated the challenges that black middle class men experience in negotiating the masculine identities within the South African context. The adopted understanding was that of Connell in that there are many ways of being a man. The findings were that men are given a standard or expectations to live by but there are never guided on how to go about meeting them. This was portrayed by the interwoven themes and discourse that in some instances work against each other and render the black middle class men vulnerable in terms of identities. === MT2018
author Nkosi, Thokozani Samuel
author_facet Nkosi, Thokozani Samuel
author_sort Nkosi, Thokozani Samuel
title The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities
title_short The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities
title_full The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities
title_fullStr The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities
title_full_unstemmed The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities
title_sort challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities
publishDate 2018
url Nkosi, Thokozani Samuel (2017) The challenge of the black middle-class men in negotiating the elusive masculine identities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23824>
https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23824
work_keys_str_mv AT nkosithokozanisamuel thechallengeoftheblackmiddleclassmeninnegotiatingtheelusivemasculineidentities
AT nkosithokozanisamuel challengeoftheblackmiddleclassmeninnegotiatingtheelusivemasculineidentities
_version_ 1719083156435369984