Islamic Masculinities - Global Masculinities

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Publisher's Synopsis

This innovative book 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, it shows how the masculine gender is constructed and negotiated in the Islamic Ummah. It goes far beyond the traditional notion that Islamic masculinities are inseparable from the control of women, and shows how the relationship between spirituality and masculinity is experienced quite differently from the prevailing Western norms. Drawing on sources ranging from modern Arabic literature to discussions of Muhammad's virility and Abraham's paternity, it portrays ways of being in the world that intertwine with non-Western conceptions of duty to the family, the state and the divine.

Book information

ISBN: 9781842772751
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
Imprint: Zed Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.38697
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 360g
Height: 141mm
Width: 219mm
Spine width: 16mm