Live and Die Like a Man : Gender Dynamics in Urban Egypt
Watching the revolution of January 2011, the world saw Egyptians, men and women, come together to fight for freedom and social justice. These events gave renewed urgency to the fraught topic of gender in the Middle East. The role of women in public life, the meaning of manhood, and the future of gen...
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Format: | E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
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Palo Alto : Stanford University Press,
2013
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Schlagworte: | Social norms Sex role Masculinity Men Social norms -- Egypt Egypt ; Social conditions ; 1981- Masculinity ; Egypt Men ; Socialization ; Egypt Sex role ; Egypt Social norms ; Egypt |
Umfang: | Online-Ressource (238 p) |
Zusammenfassung: | Watching the revolution of January 2011, the world saw Egyptians, men and women, come together to fight for freedom and social justice. These events gave renewed urgency to the fraught topic of gender in the Middle East. The role of women in public life, the meaning of manhood, and the future of gender inequalities are hotly debated by religious figures, government officials, activists, scholars, and ordinary citizens throughout Egypt. Live and Die Like a Man presents a unique twist on traditional understandings of gender and gender roles, shifting the attention to men and explorin |
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Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (238 p) |
ISBN: | 9780804783293 0804783292 9780804787918 0804787913 9780804783286 0804783284 |