- Title
- Perceptions of homosexual Xhosa men of ulwaluko (traditional circumcision)
- Creator
- Ntozini, Anathi (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-7383)
- Subject
- Homosexuality
- Subject
- Initiation Rites
- Subject
- Social Life and Customs
- Date
- 2011-11
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/23894
- Identifier
- vital:61292
- Description
- The study investigated perceptions of homosexual Xhosa traditionally circumcised men with regards to ulwaluko (Xhosa initiation into manhood). The study employed snowball sampling as a method of data collection. As a result of the assumption that ulwaluko is a terrain of masculinity, initiates were expected to exemplify traditional notions of masculinity. The study found that reasons for going to initiation school differed. Respondents wanted to validate their manhood while some felt forced to undergo the ritual. Dominant family values also played a role in respondent’s decision to undergo initiation. Respondents reported that community members and family members had hoped that ulwaluko would reform or convert those who were homosexual.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2011
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (138 leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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