To Be a Man Is Not a One-Day Job: Masculinity, Money, and Intimacy in Nigeria

by Daniel Jordan Smith

Book Overview

Refrains about financial hardship are ubiquitous in contemporary Nigeria, frequently expressed through the idiom "to be a man is not a one-day job." But while men talk constantly about money, underlying their economic worries are broader concerns about the shifting meanings of masculinity, amid changing expectations and practices of intimacy.

Drawing on twenty-five years of experience in southeastern Nigeria, Daniel Jordan Smith takes readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022649165X
• ISBN13: 9780226491653
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"