Table Of ContentGLOBAL MASCULINITIES
SERIES EDITOR Michael S.Kimmel
Men face common issues – the balance between work and family,fatherhood,defining
masculinity in a globalizing economy,health and reproduction,sexuality and violence.
They are confronting these issues all over the world in very different contexts and are
coming up with different priorities and strategies to address them. This new inter-
national series provides a vehicle for understanding this diversity,and reflects the grow-
ing awareness that analysis of masculinity will be greatly impoverished if it remains
dominated by a European/North American/Australian matrix.A number of regional
and thematic cross-cultural volumes are planned.
Michael S.Kimmel is a well-known educator on gender issues.His work has appeared
in numerous magazines, newspapers and scholarly journals, including the New York
Times Book Review,Harvard Business Review,The Nationand Psychology Today,where he
was a contributing editor and columnist on male–female relationships. His teaching
examines men’s lives from a pro-feminist perspective.He is national spokesperson for the
National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) in the United States.
Titles in the series
Robert Morrell (ed.),Changing Men in Southern Africa
Bob Pease and Keith Pringle (eds.), A Man’s World? Changing Men’s Practices in a
Globalized World
Frances Cleaver (ed.),Masculinities Matter! Men,Gender and Development
Lahoucine Ouzgane (ed.),Islamic Masculinities
Adam Jones (ed.),Men ofthe Global South: A Reader
About this book
Men of the Global South: A Reader is the most diverse and accessible volume yet
published on men and masculinities throughout the developing world.A Reader that
also offers a wide range of original contributions, it explores male experience in a
uniquely vivid and accessible way.Adam Jones provides a framing introduction that
surveys the growing literature on Southern men and masculinities,and links it to the
broader study ofgender and development.Six main sections portray different aspects
of male experience in the global South:“Family and Sexuality,”“Ritual and Belief,”
“Work,”“Governance and Conflict,”“Migrations,”and “Masculinities in Motion.”The
text,richly complemented by a number ofphotographs,serves as an ideal introduction
to the lives ofmen and boys from Africa,the Middle East,Asia,and Latin America/
the Caribbean.This book will appeal to students and scholars ofgender and develop-
ment,as well as to general readers interested in gaining a greater understanding and
appreciation ofmen’s roles,challenges,and contributions worldwide.
About the editor
Adam Jones,Ph.D.,is Associate Research Fellow in the Genocide Studies Program at
Yale University.His most recent book is Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction.He
has edited two further books on genocide and authored two on mass media and polit-
ical transition. His writings on gender and international politics have appeared in
Review ofInternational Studies,Ethnic and Racial Studies,Journal ofHuman Rightsand
other publications.
Men of the Global South
A Reader
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
INTRODUCTION Worlding Men xii
PART1 Family and Sexuality
Hasiba and Qasim Muhsin Al-Ramli 3
Poems ofDesire N.M.Rashed,translated and introduced by A.Sean Pue 6
Grandfather Ernesto Ana Ruiz-Fodor 14
Four Lives Leslie Lewis 17
The Men ofBwaise Robert Wyrod 21
Fathers and Children Matthew C.Gutmann 28
Men and Their Children Stella Nyanzi 34
Infertile Men Marcia C.Inhorn 38
Viagra and Changing Masculinities Emily Wentzell 43
Urges and Affairs Matthew C.Gutmann 47
Lovers vs.Wives Thomas Michael Walle 50
Virginity and Masculinity Iklim Goksel 55
The Kurdish Child Metin Yüksel 58
Widow Inheritance Stella Nyanzi 60
The Abusers S.Anandhi and J.Jeyaranjan 64
Revisioning Male Violence Juan Carlos Ramírez Rodriguez 67
Founding Fathers Louise Williams 71
The Home Worker Javier Pineda 72
The Polyandrists Rakesh K.Simha 75
Crossovers David D.Gilmore 77
Out in Africa Shuaib Rahim 78
Gays,AIDS,and Homophobia Monica Campbell 81
The Eunuchs Vinod Behl 84
The Orphans Nicole Hallett 86
The Street Child Lutaa Badamkhand 88
PART2 Ritual and Belief
The Initiate Nelson Mandela 92
Circumcision:The Victims Chris McGreal 95
The Cattle Thieves Solomon Moore 96
The Hunters Niki Kandirikirira 98
MEN OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH
The Wrestlers David D.Gilmore 99
The Fight Clubbers Guy Saville 100
The Room Salon Jungbong Choi 104
The Regulars Gary Brana-Shute 110
The Good Samaritan Abel Polese 113
Abuelita and Lalo Tlahtoki Aguirre 118
The Monk and the Exorcist Bhante Wimala 122
The Key Dina Dahbany-Miraglia 126
The Healer Jan Jansen 129
The Fixer Maria del Nevo 131
The Aboriginal Elder Peter Collins 133
Vodou Magus Donald Cosentino 137
PART3 Work
The Struggle Davan Maharaj 144
Work Amidst Anarchy Mahamut lssa Abdi 145
The Miners (1) Joseph Kahn 148
The Miners (2) Domitila Barrios de Chungara 151
The Shipbreakers William Langewiesche 153
The Cane Cutters Elizabeth Oglesby 160
The Lobster Divers Giovanna Tassi 162
The Migrants Socialistworld.net 164
The Camel Jockeys Phil Reeves 168
The Slaves Osha Gray Davidson 169
The Sex Worker Bangkok Post 175
The Sewer-Divers Marla Dickerson 177
The Organ Seller Larry Rohter 179
The Shoe-Shine Boy Assane Diallo 183
The Doorkeeper Ryszard Kapuscinski 184
The Entrepreneur Abraham McLaughlin 186
The Bus Driver Kevin Sullivan 187
The Motoboys Larry Rohter 189
The Guitar Maker Monica Campbell 192
The Dancer Lynn Maalouf 193
Okello Kelo Sam:Artist and Activist Dixie Beadle 195
PART4 Governance and Conflict
The Big Man David D.Gilmore 203
The Mzee Amy Berson 204
The Mossi Chief Sabine Luning 208
The Creole Master Douglas Midgett 211
CONTENTS
The Warlord Mark MacKinnon 215
The Autocrat Guy Podoler 217
“Dear Leader” Peter Maass 220
The Emperor and the Lackey Ryszard Kapuscinski 223
The Criminals Heather Hamilton 225
Manhood and Violence Tom Odhiambo 226
Gangs and Activists Suren Pillay 229
The Lynching Victims Maria-Victoria Benevides and Rosa-Maria Fischer Ferreira 233
The Murdered Men ofCiudad Juárez Adam Jones 235
Where Are the Men? Marion Birch 237
The Gay Man Josh Hammer 239
The Targets (1) Gary Younge 242
The Targets (2) Jon Jeter 244
The Targets (3) Doug Struck and Keith B.Richburg 246
“Other Kids Get Killed Too” Anna Politkovskaya 248
The Tortured Dinyar Godrej 250
The Executed Mario I.Aguilar 252
The Prisoners Michael Wines 253
The Brothers T.Christian Miller 257
The Killers Jean Hatzfeld 263
The Soldier-Rapists Chris Dolan 266
Bearing Arms Jason E.Strakes 267
Military Masculinities Mona Bhan 269
The Conscript (1) Ewan MacAskill 272
The Conscript (2) Irina Vainovski-Mihai 273
The Conscript (3) Luke Harding 275
The Conscript (4) David Cho 276
The Conscript (5) Kelly Cogswell 277
The Recruit AshrafKhalil 279
The Green Card Marine Monica Campbell 281
The Rebel Metasebia Woldemariam 283
The Child Soldiers Human Rights Watch 288
The Sicario Alonso Salazar 293
The “Collaborators” Justin Huggler and Sa’id Ghazali 296
The Suicide Bomber Ian Fisher 297
The Guerrilla Cameron W.Barr 299
PART5 Migrations
Jack-of-All-Trades Robert Lacville 304
Migration and Song Smita Tewari Jassal 306
Migration and Return Madia Thomson 311
The Migrant (1) Nargis Nurullo-Khoja 313
MEN OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH
The Migrant (2) Naeem Mohaiemen 319
The Migrant (3) Ginger Thompson 322
The Migrant as “Terrorist” Salman Masood 324
“The Cemetery ofthe Living” Djaffer Ait Aoudia 326
The Refugee (1) Tajudeen Abdulraheem 329
The Refugee (2) Shukria Dini 331
Pakistanis in Britain Ali Nobil Ahmad 336
Being 49 at Russell Square Shyamal Bagchee 341
Masculine Migrations Bob Pease 343
The Palestinian Israeli Magid Shihade 349
Brooklyn Panyard Knolly Moses 354
The Islamist Aje Carlbom 356
The Music Lover Maria del Nevo 360
Knowing Truth Nate Haken 362
PART6 Masculinities in Motion
The Pashtun Man Abdul-Karim Khan 368
Right-Wing Men Margaret Power 372
Yorùbá Men,Yorùbá Women George Olusola Ajibade 375
Boys Becoming Men Jane Gilbert 376
The Brothers Don Conway-Long 382
Gender and Generations S.Anandhi,J.Jeyaranjan,and Rajan Krishnan 387
White Masculinities Daniel Conway 393
“A Rebellious Male Youth” Sofía Montenegro 398
A Dialogue with Masculinity Mark Clifford and Susan P.Mains 401
Husbands,Fathers,and AIDS Janet Bujra 405
AIDS,Rape,and Masculine Crisis Kerry Cullinan 407
Working Together Alex Doniach and Dean Peacock 410
Global Man,Southern Star Nandi Ayo Bole 415
About the Original Contributors 418
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Acknowledgments
It is a pleasure to be able to thank those who have contributed to the publication ofthis
work.First,naturally,I owe an enormous debt to the dozens of contributors whose
work you will read in these pages – both the authors oforiginal essays,and the many
freelance writers and media outlets who have allowed me to reprint previously
published materials free of charge. Special thanks to the excellent magazine New
Internationalist,from which a number ofselections are drawn.
For copyright fees I was fortunate to receive a grant from the Ford Foundation,to
whom my thanks are due,especially to Dr.Irma McClaurin for the interest she took in
the project. Also most generous was Ferrel M. Christensen of the Gender Issues
Education Foundation,who first got me interested in issues ofmen and masculinities,
and who made a substantial contribution to production costs aimed at keeping the
price ofthis book in a manageable range.Jo and David Jones also contributed a signif-
icant sum to this end,while a number oforiginal contributors to the volume chipped
in donations to Book Aid International,which will permit Men ofthe Global Southto
find a home in libraries ofthe South that could not otherwise afford to purchase it.For
my part,I have declined all cash royalties from the project.
I am deeply grateful to Zed Books for its commitment to Men ofthe Global South,
beginning with Robert Molteno,who commissioned it.Anna Hardman,who took over
the project,proved as kind and capable an editor as one could hope for.Both she and
Anne Rodford in production were supportive as the project evolved to include a far
greater number oforiginal contributions than originally planned,with resulting delays
in editing and final submission.
I finished the book while on a two-year fellowship to the MacMillan Center at Yale
University. I very much appreciate the support extended by Center Director Ian
Shapiro and Associate Director Nancy Ruther.
My heartfelt thanks to colleagues and close friends who have accompanied and sup-
ported me during some two decades ofinvestigation into the lives ofSouthern men.A
long list ofnames would be dull to read,so I will limit myselfto a bare compendium,
with apologies for any oversights:Atenea Acevedo,Carla Bergman,David Buchanan,R.
Charli Carpenter, Terrell Carver, Ferrel Christensen, Augusta Del Zotto, Øystein
Gullvåg Holter, Tamil Kendall, Michael Kimmel, Evelin Lindner, John Margesson,
Fabiola Martínez,Peter Prontzos,Griselda Ramírez,Hamish Telford,and Miriam Tratt.
As always,my deepest debt is to my family,who know me best and love me anyway.
My parents,Jo and David,and my brother Craig are perennial inspirations.
It is every author’s wish that a publisher will commission a second edition ofhis or
her work.IfMen ofthe Global Southis so favored,I would hope to prepare an entirely
new volume that again combines original and reprinted work.Readers have a vital role
to play here.Ifyou know ofmaterials that fit the theme,or wish to propose an original
contribution,please write to me at [email protected].
Adam Jones
