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Nurturing Masculinities: Men, Food, and Family in Contemporary Egypt
Nefissa Naguib
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Description for Nurturing Masculinities: Men, Food, and Family in Contemporary Egypt
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, 16 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Two structuring concepts have predominated in discussions concerning how Middle Eastern men enact their identity culturally: domination and patriarchy. Nurturing Masculinities dispels the illusion that Arab men can be adequately represented when we speak of them only in these terms. By bringing male perspectives into food studies, which typically focus on the roles of women in the production and distribution of food, Nefissa Naguib demonstrates how men interact with food, in both political and domestic spheres, and how these interactions reflect important notions of masculinity in modern Egypt. In this classic ethnography, narratives ... Read more
Two structuring concepts have predominated in discussions concerning how Middle Eastern men enact their identity culturally: domination and patriarchy. Nurturing Masculinities dispels the illusion that Arab men can be adequately represented when we speak of them only in these terms. By bringing male perspectives into food studies, which typically focus on the roles of women in the production and distribution of food, Nefissa Naguib demonstrates how men interact with food, in both political and domestic spheres, and how these interactions reflect important notions of masculinity in modern Egypt. In this classic ethnography, narratives ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
240g
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477307106
SKU
V9781477307106
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About Nefissa Naguib
Nefissa Naguib is a professor of anthropology at the University of Oslo. Her books include Food and Foodways in the Middle East; Women, Water, and Memory: Recasting Lives in Palestine; and Interpreting Welfare and Relief in the Middle East. She also coproduced the documentary Women, War, and Welfare in Jerusalem.
Reviews for Nurturing Masculinities: Men, Food, and Family in Contemporary Egypt
In exposing the importance of properly feeding one's family, and of the enjoyment of food in family circles to Egyptian men's notions of manhood, Naguib sheds light on a gentler side of Egyptian masculinity, one related to caregiving and social responsibility. The book gives its readers a strong sense of Egyptian men's commitment to their community and family, as well ... Read more