Work and Masculinity in Katanga’s Artisanal Mines

This article, based on 16 months of anthropological fieldwork between 2005 and 2012, examines the relationship between work and masculinity among artisanal miners, or creuseurs, in Katanga, the southeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It argues that men’s involvement in artisan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeroen Cuvelier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
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Online Access:http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/752