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Convening Black intimacy : Christianity, gender, and tradition in early twentieth-century South Africa
- Title
- Convening Black intimacy : Christianity, gender, and tradition in early twentieth-century South Africa / Natasha Erlank.
- Author
- Erlank, Natasha
- Publication
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 272 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This social history of twentieth-century Black intimacy and family life in South Africa is the first book to demonstrate the singular role of Christianity in reshaping sexual and marital traditions. It is a must-read for scholars interested in the politics of gender, sexuality, and family in South Africa, as well as for historians of Christianity"--
- Series Statement
- New African histories
- Uniform Title
- New African histories series.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Black people > Marriage customs and rites > Religious aspects. > South Africa
- Marriage > South Africa > Religious aspects > Christianity
- Families, Black > South Africa > Religious aspects
- Manners and customs
- Marriage > Religious aspects > Christianity
- Marriage
- Living arrangements
- Black people
- Marriage customs and rites
- Families, Black
- South Africa > Social life and customs > 20th century
- South Africa
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Convening Christian Publics-Churches, Newspapers, and Customary Courts -- Modern Masculinity -- Love, Sex, and Consequence -- Marriage and Lobola and the Imagining of Black Intimate Life -- Weddings and Status, Consumption and Reciprocity -- Polygamy, Multiple Conjugality, and Mahsihlalisane.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3152
- ISBN
- 9780821424988
- 082142498X
- LCCN
- 2022028022
- OCLC
- 1334107759
- Author
- Erlank, Natasha, author.
- Title
- Convening Black intimacy : Christianity, gender, and tradition in early twentieth-century South Africa / Natasha Erlank.
- Publisher
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New African historiesNew African histories series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3152