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Masculine Identity in the Fiction of the Arab East Since 1967 (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East)
Samira Aghacy
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Description for Masculine Identity in the Fiction of the Arab East Since 1967 (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East)
Hardcover. Offers an exploration of masculinity in the literature of the Arab East (Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq) in the context of a specific set of anxieties about gender roles and sexuality in Arab societies. This work reveals the volatile nature of masculinity and its inextricability from femininity. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
This book offers an exploration of masculinity in the literature of the Arab East (Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq) in the context of a specific set of anxieties about gender roles and sexuality in Arab societies. While gender studies in the area have focused primarily on the situation of women, the treatment of Arab men as gendered subjects has fallen behind. Samira Aghacy's rich analysis presents gender relations not within a fixed biological mold, but rather as a complex phenomenon fraught with ambivalence and operating within particular historical and geopolitical settings. Through a series of close readings of twenty ... Read more
This book offers an exploration of masculinity in the literature of the Arab East (Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq) in the context of a specific set of anxieties about gender roles and sexuality in Arab societies. While gender studies in the area have focused primarily on the situation of women, the treatment of Arab men as gendered subjects has fallen behind. Samira Aghacy's rich analysis presents gender relations not within a fixed biological mold, but rather as a complex phenomenon fraught with ambivalence and operating within particular historical and geopolitical settings. Through a series of close readings of twenty ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Condition
New
Series
Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815632375
SKU
V9780815632375
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About Samira Aghacy
Samira Aghacy is professor of English and comparative literature at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. She is the author of several articles on contemporary Lebanese fiction.
Reviews for Masculine Identity in the Fiction of the Arab East Since 1967 (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East)
At last a study of gender relations in the Middle East that is focused, not on women but men and concepts of masculinity, and not on fiction by only women novelists but by both men and women. Aghacy’s book brings us a new understanding of many an author from countries of the Levant and Iraq.