This book investigates amaXhosa circumcision and the psychological processes involved. Lauraine Vivian employs concepts such as resilience, orthodoxy, broken men, and reciprocity to examine the experiences of men who have developed mental health issues in relation to their initiation into manhood. The chapters cover sensitive topics such as physical injury, pain, harm, and women's agency. Drawing on the stories of over seventy amaXhosa men, the book provides rare insight into circumcision and psychotic experience.
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PsychologyTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Terminology
- Prologue: My ethnographic journeyâInto isithetho
- Overview: amaXhosa circumcisionâPerforming the ordinary
- 1 Negotiating patriarchy: Biomedical patriarchyâamaXhosa orthodoxy
- 2 Resounding resilience in amaXhosa circumcision: Incorporating orthodoxy
- 3 amaXhosa women in circumcision: Dropping the pot
- 4 Embedding pain in memory: Instigating amaXhosa manhood
- 5 Circumcision, manhood and psychosis: Testimonies of engendered suffering
- 6 amaXhosa metaphor in psychosis: Chasaâs storyâA symbolic nexus
- 7 Negotiating harm: Holding to orthodoxy
- 8 Womenâs advocacy: Re-describing gendered dispositions
- 9 Conclusion: The depth of contestationâTransitional states in transformational institutions
- Index
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