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Islamic masculinities / Lahoucine Ouzgane, editor.

Contributor(s): Series: Global masculinities seriesPublication details: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Zed Books Ltd ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781848131514
  • 1848131518
  • 9781848137141
  • 1848137141
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Islamic masculinities.DDC classification:
  • 305.38697 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1090.7.I74 I85 2006
  • HN40.M6 I85 2006
Other classification:
  • BE 8620
  • MS 2950
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Summary: "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 essays illustrate how the masculine gender is constructed and negotiated in the Islamic Ummah. The collection goes far beyond the traditional notion that Islamic masculinities are inseparable from the control of women. The essays outline an experience of the relation between spirituality and masculinity quite different from the prevailing Western norms. Drawing on sources ranging from modern Arabic literature to discussions of Muhammad's virility and Abraham's paternity, Islamic Masculinities portrays ways of being in the world that intertwine with non-Western conceptions of duty to the family, the state and the divine. This innovative and illuminating book will be of major interest to students of culture, gender and sociology, and will provide new insights even to specialists in the Middle East and Islamic Studies."--Provided by publisher.
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"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 essays illustrate how the masculine gender is constructed and negotiated in the Islamic Ummah. The collection goes far beyond the traditional notion that Islamic masculinities are inseparable from the control of women. The essays outline an experience of the relation between spirituality and masculinity quite different from the prevailing Western norms. Drawing on sources ranging from modern Arabic literature to discussions of Muhammad's virility and Abraham's paternity, Islamic Masculinities portrays ways of being in the world that intertwine with non-Western conceptions of duty to the family, the state and the divine. This innovative and illuminating book will be of major interest to students of culture, gender and sociology, and will provide new insights even to specialists in the Middle East and Islamic Studies."--Provided by publisher.

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.

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