The purpose of this study is to examine the presentation of masculinity in selected popular
works. The novels under discussion include: Henry ole Kulet’s To Become a Man (1972), Yusuf
Dawood’s One Life Too Many (1991), Peter Kimani’s Before the Rooster Crows (2002) and
David Maillu’s Man from Machakos (2010). The writers are representative of a diversity of
Kenyan ethnicities: Dawood (Asian-African), while the rest comprise Kenyan men of black
descent though different ethnicities. The study attempts to interrogate the various strands of
masculinity in Kenyan society as presented in the selected works. The study also seeks to
investigate how different men negotiate/manifest their masculinity in different settings. It also
interrogates factors and trends that shape and influence masculine behaviour in the selected texts.
The study also explores the ramifications of various manifestations of masculinity on the family.
The study adopts masculinities theory as the theoretical framework. The theory is applied in the
interpretation of issues that relate to this study. / Afrikaans and Theory of Literature / D. Litt et Phil. (Theory of literature)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/23255 |
| Date | 07 1900 |
| Creators | Mate, Antony Mukasa |
| Contributors | Northover, Alan |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (vii, 159 leaves) |
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