Performing Masculinities: Izikhothane in a South African Township by Sifiso JG Mnisi
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ISBN: 9780796926869
Publisher: HSRC Press, 2025
Paperback, 168 pages
Performing Masculinities: Izikhothane in a South African Township is a book that provides an ethnographic account of the role of consumption in the performance of masculinities within the subculture of ukukhothana - a phenomenon of which involves township youths who predominantly come from impoverished backgrounds who engage in conspicuous consumption. This subculture first gained notoriety in South African townships in the early 2000.