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From boys to men: an ethnographic study among adolescent boys and the intimate partners of female sex workers in Northern Karnataka, South India

In this paper-based thesis, I describe the findings of my ethnographic research conducted among the intimate partners of female sex workers and adolescent boys in Northern Karnataka. By highlighting the contradictory and relational nature of masculinity, my study aims to contribute to the larger scholarship on masculinity in South Asia. In the first manuscript, I examine the intimate partners’ perceptions and practices to shed light on the common occurrence of intimate partner violence and how local ideologies of manhood—and the social and structural conditions that shape these ideologies—perpetuate intimate partner violence. In an attempt to destabilize hierarchical gender orders, the second manuscript builds on Connell’s theory of “hegemonic masculinity” by developing the notion of incipient masculinity. From a public health perspective, the findings of these studies are expected to inform the ongoing structural interventions in Northern Karnataka that aim to prevent violence against female sex workers. / October 2016

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/31882
Date05 October 2016
CreatorsHuynh, Anthony
ContributorsLorway, Robert (Community Health Sciences) McPhail, Deborah (Community Health Sciences), Roger, Kerstin (Community Health Sciences) Norman, Moss (School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, UBC)
Source SetsUniversity of Manitoba Canada
Detected LanguageEnglish

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