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Islamic masculinities /

"This challenging book of essays outlines the great complexity, variety and difference of male identities in Islamic societies. From the Taliban orphanages of Afghanistan to the cafés of Morocco; from the experience of couples at infertility clinics in Egypt to that of Iraqi conscripts, these...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ouzgane, Lahoucine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : New York : Zed Books Ltd ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Colección:Global masculinities series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: Masculinities and Religion: 1. Gender and Islamic Spirituality: A Psychological View of 'Low' Fundamentalism / Durre S. Ahmed
  • 2. The Smile of Death and the Solemncholy of Masculinity / Banu Helvacioglu
  • 3. Alternate Images of the Prophet Muhammad's Virility / Ruth Roded
  • 4. The Trial of Heritage and the Legacy of Abraham / Najat Rahman
  • Part 2: Masculinities and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: 5. My wife is from the Jinn: Palestinian men, diaspora, and love / Celia Rothenberg
  • 6. Chasing Horses, Eating Arabs / Rob K. Baum
  • 7. Stranger Masculinities: Gender and Politics in a Palestinian-Israeli 'Third Space' / Daniel Monterescu
  • Part 3: Masculinities and Social Practice: 8. Gender, Power and Social Change in Morocco / Don Conway-Long
  • 9. Masculinity and Gender Violence in Yemen / Mohammed Baobaid
  • 10. Opportunities for Masculinity and Love: Cultural Production in Ba'thist Iraq during the 1980s / Achim Rohde
  • 11. On Being Homosexual and Muslim: Conflicts and Challenges / Asifa Siraj
  • 12. "The Worms Are Weak": Male Infertility and Patriarchal Paradoxes in Egypt / Marcia C. Inhorn.