{"product_id":"9780253111654","title":"Making Men in Ghana","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy featuring the life histories of eight senior men, Making Men in Ghana\u003cbr\u003e explores the changing meaning of becoming a man in modern Africa. Stephan F.\u003cbr\u003e Miescher concentrates on the ideals and expectations that formed around men who were\u003cbr\u003e prominent in their communities when Ghana became an independent nation. Miescher\u003cbr\u003e shows how they negotiated complex social and economic transformations and how they\u003cbr\u003e dealt with their mounting obligations and responsibilities as leaders in their\u003cbr\u003e kinship groups, churches, and schools. Not only were notions about men and\u003cbr\u003e masculinity shaped by community standards, but they were strongly influenced by\u003cbr\u003e imported standards that came from missionaries and other colonial officials. As he\u003cbr\u003e recounts the life histories of these men, Miescher reveals that the passage to\u003cbr\u003e manhood -- and a position of power, seniority, authority, and leadership -- was not\u003cbr\u003e always welcome or easy. As an important foil for studies on women and femininity,\u003cbr\u003e this groundbreaking book not only explores masculinity and ideals of male behavior,\u003cbr\u003e but offers a fresh perspective on African men in a century of change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067816427760,"sku":"9780253111654","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253111654_p0.jpg?v=1763680528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253111654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}