Description
About the Author
JOHN SPALL is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Reviews
Manhood, Morality and the Transformation of Angolan Society is a compelling ethnographic study of Angolan veterans. Putting former combatants at the center of his analysis, Spall explicitly engages with some of the more pressing debates in the scholarship on soldiering and masculinity in war veterans, notably the significance of understanding the complexity of veterans' masculine identities through moral economy. [...] Manhood, Morality and the Transformation of Angolan Society provides us with a timely reminder of how former fighters understand their own postwar experiences and nurture their ability to build social relationships. * AFRICA IS A COUNTRY *
This book is an important contribution to the social history of Angola that now finds its way into our bookshelves, written by an author who is an authoritative voice in what concerns the post-war experiences of war veterans. It is a must-read for everyone with an interest in Angola, particularly the younger generation looking to complete the national picture beyond the capital city of Luanda. -- African Studies Review
Spall's work places a human face on the Cold War. Focusing on how ideas of masculinity were challenged and modified by the Angolan Civil War illustrates the confluence of ideology and social change in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. -- H-Net Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781847012500
Author John Spall
Format Hardback
Page Count 220
Imprint James Currey
Publisher James Currey
Weight(grams) 1g