Based on five years of ethnographic research among Pashtun men in Afghanistan, this book presents a psychological study of adjustment and adaptation (or lack thereof) to cultural norms and rules of masculinity, and of how social expectations impact the subjectivity and inner lives of the protagonists. It chronicles Afghan Pashtun men's private conflicts, contradictions, and ambivalences just as much as it shows how three decades of continuous conflict have exacerbated and deepened the place and role of violence in Pashtun society, where what was considerate legitimate and justifiable behavior…mehr
Based on five years of ethnographic research among Pashtun men in Afghanistan, this book presents a psychological study of adjustment and adaptation (or lack thereof) to cultural norms and rules of masculinity, and of how social expectations impact the subjectivity and inner lives of the protagonists. It chronicles Afghan Pashtun men's private conflicts, contradictions, and ambivalences just as much as it shows how three decades of continuous conflict have exacerbated and deepened the place and role of violence in Pashtun society, where what was considerate legitimate and justifiable behavior in the battlefield has spilled over into everyday life among non-combatants.
Andrea Chiovenda is a post-doctoral research associate in the department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and an affiliated faculty member at Emerson College, Boston. He received his PhD in anthropology from Boston University, and his doctoral fieldwork was carried out in Afghanistan, where he investigated the psychological impact of strict cultural idioms and norms of masculinity among Afghan Pashtun men. His new, ongoing ethnographic project is taking place in Greece, where he is studying the psychological consequences of displacement and migration among Afghan refugees.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Chapter 1: Historical and Ethnographic Background * Chapter 2: Rohullah - Shifting Subjectivities, and the Crafting of a Private Masculinity * Chapter 3: Umar - The Making, and Un-making, of a Religious Militant * Chapter 4: Baryalay - Between Cultural and Personal Representational Worlds * Chapter 5: Rahmat - The Dilemmas of a "Perfect" Pashtun * Chapter 6: Between What "Was" and What "Is": Four Tales of Development and Growth * Conclusion * Bibliography * Index
* Introduction * Chapter 1: Historical and Ethnographic Background * Chapter 2: Rohullah - Shifting Subjectivities, and the Crafting of a Private Masculinity * Chapter 3: Umar - The Making, and Un-making, of a Religious Militant * Chapter 4: Baryalay - Between Cultural and Personal Representational Worlds * Chapter 5: Rahmat - The Dilemmas of a "Perfect" Pashtun * Chapter 6: Between What "Was" and What "Is": Four Tales of Development and Growth * Conclusion * Bibliography * Index
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