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.
| ISBN: | 9780312235093 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1999 |
| Author: | Na Na |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Gender studies, gender groups Literary studies: general Literature: history and criticism |
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.
Transforming Shakespeare features in the following genres: Literary studies: poetry and poets, Gender studies, gender groups, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: general
Transforming Shakespeare is available in Paperback
Transforming Shakespeare was written by Na Na and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US
Transforming Shakespeare has 264 pages