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<em>“</em>Reconceiving Muslim Men <em>makes a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on Muslim men, an excellent companion volume to the more theoretical discussions of masculinity, which largely focus on Western contexts, and a useful reminder of the need to differentiate between discourse and practice in exploring gender issues more broadly.”</em> <strong>• JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute)</strong></p>
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<em>“…a significant, highly interesting, and at times heartbreaking book… One of this book’s many strengths is that it foregrounds the ways in which Muslim men are normal. Having to show that Muslim men are human, and stressing it to resist their demonization, is highly important and timely, given current political discourse.”</em> <strong>• Medical Anthropological Quarterly</strong></p>
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<em>“This volume is an important correction to various types of literature, from within anthropology as well as from other disciplinary fields… it will become a significant contribution to the field of masculinity in general and to Muslim men in particular.”</em> <strong>• Leif Manger</strong>, University of Bergen</p>

This volume provides intimate anthropological accounts of Muslim men’s everyday lives in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and diasporic communities in the West. Amid increasing political turmoil and economic precarity, Muslim men around the world are enacting nurturing roles as husbands, sons, fathers, and community members, thereby challenging broader systems of patriarchy and oppression. By focusing on the ways in which Muslim men care for those they love, this volume challenges stereotypes and showcases Muslim men’s humanity.
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Reconceiving Muslim Men challenges pervasive Western stereotypes of patriarchal, oppressive Muslim men by exploring the diverse and creative ways in which they seek love and fulfillment within marriage, family, and community life.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Marcia C. Inhorn and Nefissa Naguib PART I: MUSLIM MEN IN LOVE AND MARRIAGE Chapter 1. Gender Troubles in Shatila, Lebanon: Bodies that Matter (the Fidāʾiyyīn’s Heroism) and Undoing Gender (the Shabāb’s Burden) Gustavo Barbosa Chapter 2. A Man in Love: Men, Love, and Hopes for Marriage in Cairo Mari Norbakk Chapter 3. Shaping a "Different" Masculinity: Subjectivity, Agency, and Cultural Idioms among Afghan Pashtun Men Andrea Chiovenda Chapter 4. From Soft Patriarch to Companionate Partner: Muslim Masculinity in Java since the "New Order" Nancy J. Smith-Hefner Chapter 5. "Supportive" Masculinities and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Changing Gender Relations in Contemporary Urban India Gauri Pathak PART II: MUSLIM FAMILY LIFE AND MEN AS CARETAKERS Chapter 6. Teaching Him to Care: Labor and the Making of Working-Class Men in Urban Egypt Farha Ghannam Chapter 7. The New Kurdish Man: Men as Refuge-Granters, Doting Family Members, and Romantics Diane E. King Chapter 8. Am I Muslim or Just Kazakh? Politics of Care in Postsocialist Kazakhstan Ainur Begim Chapter 9. Brothers in Islam: Faith and Care among Muslim Men in Brazil Gisele Fonseca Chagas Chapter 10. How to Be a Man: Everyday Care and Piety among South Asian Muslim Men in Barcelona Guillermo Martín-Sáiz PART III: MUSLIM MEN IN PRECARIOUS TIMES Chapter 11. General Tarzan the Coach: Humanitarian Detours in the Career of a Central African Man-in-Arms Louisa Lombard Chapter 12. "And What Will Our Children Eat?" Dispossession and Food Insecurity among Makonde Men on Tanzania’s Swahili Coast Vinay R. Kamat Chapter 13. Moral Masculine Intimacy: The Care and Protection of the Living and the Dead among Muslim Migrant Men Living in Greece Tina Palivos Chapter 14. Casualties of Fatherhood: Syrian Refugee Men and Nurturance in the Arctic Nefissa Naguib Chapter 15. Searching for Love and Test-Tube Babies: Iraqi Refugee Men in Reproductive Exile on the Margins of Detroit Marcia C. Inhorn Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781785338823
Publisert
2018-06-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Berghahn Books
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
346

Biographical note

Marcia C. Inhorn is the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs in the Department of Anthropology and Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University. A specialist on Middle East gender, religion, and reproductive health issues, she is the author of six award-winning books, including The New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East. She is also co-editor of this Berghahn Book series on Fertility, Reproduction, and Sexuality.