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Subject(s)

• Masculinity—Cross-cultural studies [Browse]
• Masculinity—Developing countries [Browse]
• Masculinity—Western countries [Browse]

Series

• Feminist imagination, Europe and beyond [More in this series]
• The feminist imagination : Europe and beyond

Summary note

Exploring the similarities and differences between and across masculinities in the Middle East and the West, Postcolonial Masculinities avoids the constant reinforcement of divisions and stereotypes created by the process of 'othering' and the problematic discourse of the clash of civilisations, examining instead how subjectivities in Western and Arab societies are intertwined, operating through envy of the other and the desire to be at once the same and yet fundamentally separate. With a focus on England and Egypt, this book reveals the manner in which masculinities are shaped in and through a history of colonialism and postcolonialism, irrespective of colour, ethnicity, religion, class, sexuality, or the wishes of the individual. By concentrating on the shared ground of postcolonial, masculine subjectivities, Postcolonial Masculinities looks beyond the dissonance often iterated between the apparently rational Western man and the apparently oppressive, patriarchal Middle Eastern man. Shedding light on the shared and distinctive aspects of masculinities across the Middle East and the West, whilst illuminating the influences upon them, this book will appeal to social scientists with interests in cultural studies, masculinities, psychoanalytic theory, gender and sexuality, and colonialism and postcolonialism.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• In the shadow of the other
• Landscapes of masculinities
• The necessity of the other
• Visceral anxiety : inhabiting fear
• Insidious humiliation : invidious shame
• Precarious power
• Cutting tails
• Silences, spectres and shards.

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ISBN

• 9781409422389 (hbk)
• 1409422380 (hbk)

LCCN

^^2013005639

OCLC

830837470

RCP

H - S

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