ABSTRACT This essay works with the idea of absence and rejection of “failed” bodies/masculinities within Xhosa traditions of creating men and manhood negotiation and Morell’s assertion that boys are culturally unable to choose masculinity scripts that please them. The essay thinks through these two ideas and discusses how Mgqolozana’s novel, A Man Who is Not a Man, sutures failed bodies into “traditional” Xhosa manhood creation and definitions. It consequently demonstrates that Xhosa young men are capable of carving traditions of manhood creation that are aligned with ulwaluko but not limited by traditionalism. The essay concludes that ten years after its first publication, the novel continues to provoke debate on the reconfiguration of Xhosa masculinity creation traditions through the use of a pseudo-autobiographical narrative voice, which simultaneously incorporates failed bodies into traditions of men-making and puts emphasis on care work as a cornerstone in the construction of the ulwaluko ritual.

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Thando Mgqolozana的“不是男人的男人”中科萨男子气概的变态

摘要这篇文章的目的是在科萨人创造男性和男子气概的传统中不存在和拒绝“失败的”身体/男性气质，以及莫雷尔的断言是，男孩在文化上无法选择令人愉悦的男性气概。本文通过这两个想法进行思考，并讨论了姆格洛佐纳的小说《不是男人的男人》如何将失败的身体缝合成“传统的”科萨人的男子气概。因此，它表明科萨青年人有能力雕刻与ulwaluko一致但不受传统主义限制的男子气概创作传统。这篇文章的结论是，该小说在首次出版十年后，就通过使用伪自传性叙事声音，继续激起科萨男性气概创作传统的重构，