{"product_id":"arab-masculinities-anthropological-reconceptions-in-precarious-times-hardback-9780253058928","title":"Arab Masculinities; Anthropological Reconceptions in Precarious Times (Hardback) 9780253058928","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArab Masculinities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnthropological Reconceptions in Precarious Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKonstantina Isidoros (Edited by), Marcia C. Inhorn (Edited by), Bård Helge Kårtveit (Contributions by), Jamie Furniss (Contributions by), Hsain Ilahiane (Contributions by), Alice Elliot (Contributions by), Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen (Contributions by), Gustavo Barbosa (Contributions by), Sabiha Allouche (Contributions by), Lisa L. Wynn (Contributions by), Laura Ferrero (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253058928\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 January 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages, 9 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 9 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.535 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shared goal of these chapters is to understand how Arab men in general experience their understanding of masculinity in the context of ongoing political upheavals, displacements, and precarious economic conditions. Recommended\u003c\/p\u003e - A. Rassam, emerita, CUNY Queens College (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArab Masculinities \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a groundbreaking analysis of Arab men's lives in the precarious aftermath of the 2011 Arab uprisings. It challenges received wisdoms and entrenched stereotypes about Arab men, offering new understandings of \u003ci\u003erujula\u003c\/i\u003e, or masculinity, across the Middle East and North Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 10 individual chapters of the book foreground the voices and stories of Arab men as they face economic precarity, forced displacement, and new challenges to marriage and family life. Rich in ethnographic details, they illuminate how men develop alternative strategies of affective labor, how they attempt to care for themselves and their families within their local moral worlds, and what it means to be a good son, husband, father, and community member. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArab Masculinities\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the most private spaces of Arab men's lives—offering stories that rarely enter the public realm. It is a pioneering volume that reflects the urgent need for new anthropological scholarship on men and masculinities in a changing Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Middle East Anthropology and the Gender Divide: Reconceiving Arab Masculinity in Precarious Times, by Marcia C. Inhorn and Konstantina Isidoros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Masculinity and Precarity: Class Conflict and Economic Indignity\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. Egyptian Middle-Class Masculinity and its Working-Class Others, by Bård Helge Kårtveit\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eAl-Ustura\u003c\/i\u003e (\"The Legend\"): Folk Hero or Thug? Class and Contested Masculinity in Egypt, by Jamie Furniss\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eAl-Hogra\u003c\/i\u003e—A State of Injustice: Portraits of Moroccan Men in Search of Dignity and Piety in the Informal Economy, by Hsain Ilahiane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Masculinity and Displacement: Moving, Settling, and Questions of Belonging\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e4. Repeating Manhood: Migration and the Unmaking of Men in Morocco, by Alice Elliot\u003cbr\u003e5. \"I Am a Good Man—I'm a Gardener!\": Arab Migrant Fathers' Reactions to Mistrusted Masculinity in Denmark, by Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen\u003cbr\u003e6. Doing Gender in Shatila Refugee Camp: Palestinian Lads, Their Pigeons, and an Ethnographer, by Gustavo Barbosa\u003cbr\u003e7. Welcoming Ban Ki-Moon: From Warrior-Nomads to Sahrawi Refugee-Statesmen in North Africa, by Konstantina Isidoros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Masculinity and Familial Futures: Sex, Marriage, and Fatherhood under Threat\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e8. Desiring the Nation: Masculinity, Marriage, and Futurity in Lebanon, by Sabiha Allouche\u003cbr\u003e9. Masculinity under Siege: The Use of Narcotic Pain Relievers to Restore Virility in Egypt, by L. L. Wynn\u003cbr\u003e10. Palestinian Sperm-Smuggling: Fatherhood, Political Struggle, and Israeli Prisons, by Laura Ferrero\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525362512152,"sku":"9780253058928","price":57.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/arab-masculinities-anthropological-reconceptions-in-precarious-times-hardback-9780253058928","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}