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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. Drawing on sources ranging from modern Arabic literature to discussions of Muhammad's virility and Abraham's paternity, it portrays ways of being in the world that intertwine with non-Western conceptions of duty to the family, the state and the divine.

Masculinity --- Men --- Religious aspects --- Islam --- Social conditions --- Developmental psychology --- Social problems --- Sexology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Religious studies --- Middle East --- Masculinity - Religious aspects - Islam --- Men - Islamic countries --- Men - Islamic countries - Social conditions --- genderstudies --- genderidentiteit --- islamitische mannen --- Violence --- Homosexuality --- Identity --- Sexuality --- Spirituality --- Book

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Through their analysis of the depictions in film and literature of masculinities in colonial, independent and post-independent Africa, the contributors open some key African texts to a more obviously politicized set of meanings. Collectively, the essays provide space for rethinking current theory on gender and masculinity: - how only some of the most popular theories in masculinity studies in the West hold true in African contexts; - how Western masculinities react with indigenous masculinities on the continent; - how masculinity and femininity in Africa seem to reside more on a continuum of cultural practices than on absolutely opposite planes; - and how generation often functions as a more potent metaphor than gender. Lahoucine Ouzgane is Associate Professor of English & Film Studies, University of Alberta, Canada.

Motion pictures --- Men in motion pictures. --- Masculinity in motion pictures. --- African fiction --- Men in literature. --- Masculinity in literature. --- Masculinity (Psychology) in literature --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- History. --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism

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On the surface, postcolonial studies and composition studies appear to have little in common. However, they share a strikingly similar goal: to provide power to the words and actions of those who have been marginalized or oppressed. Postcolonial studies accomplishes this goal by opening a space for the voices of "others" in traditional views of history and literature. Composition studies strives to empower students by providing equal access to higher education and validation for their writing. For two fields that have so much in common, very little dialogue exists between them. Crossing Border

English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States. --- Immigrants -- Education (Higher) -- United States. --- Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States. --- Multicultural education -- United States. --- English language --- Minorities --- Immigrants --- Multicultural education --- Postcolonialism --- Post-colonialism --- Postcolonial theory --- Political science --- Decolonization --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Aliens --- Rhetoric --- Study and teaching --- Education (Higher) --- Germanic languages --- English Language --- Multicultural Education --- Education, Higher --- Language Arts & Disciplines --- Social Science --- Education --- Political Science