While reflecting upon the Arab Spring, the essays in this collection cover several themes that include utilizing the concept of hegemonic masculinity in productive ways, the role of the state in promoting certain types of masculinities while devaluing and disciplining others, the potential role of feminism and activism in influencing masculinities, and the effects of colonialism, nationalism and postcolonialism, as well as war and violence. Presenting cases from Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia, they seek to humanize, contextualize, and historicize masculinities to particular times and places in the Middle East.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
ISBN-13
9789774166563
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208744336
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Gender Issues
Author
Helen Rizzo
Publication Name
Masculinities in Egypt and the Arab World: Historical, Literary, and Social Science Perspectives