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‘Men value their dignity’: Securing respect and identity construction in urban informal settlements in South Africa

‘Men value their dignity’: Securing respect and identity construction in urban informal settlements in South Africa

Urban informal settlements remain sites of high HIV incidence and prevalence, as well as violence. Increasing attention is paid on how configurations of young men’s masculinities shape these practices through exploring how men build respect and identity. In this paper, we explore how young Black South Africans in two urban informal settlements construct respect and a masculine identity.

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