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“You have to change and you don't know how!”: Contesting what it means to be a man in a rural area of South Africa

Tina Sideris University of the WitwatersrandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 29-49 | Published online: 19 Oct 2010
 
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Notes

It is important to note that “culture” and “tradition” are used interchangeably by the people whose views form the subject of this paper.

The interviews with perpetrators of violence and community leaders were all conducted during the year of 2001 as part of a different project. In this paper they are referenced as “personal communication, 2001”.

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