New Arab Man Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East

Name: New Arab Man Emergent Masculinities, Technologies, and Islam in the Middle East
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ISBN: 9780691148892

ISBN-10: 0691148899

ISBN-13: 9780691148892

Edition: 2012

Authors: Marcia C. Inhorn

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Middle Eastern Muslim men have been widely vilified as terrorists, religious zealots, and brutal oppressors of women.The New Arab Manchallenges these stereotypes with the stories of ordinary Middle Eastern men as they struggle to overcome infertility and childlessness through assisted reproduction.Drawing on two decades of ethnographic research across the Middle East with hundreds of men from a variety of social and religious backgrounds, Marcia Inhorn shows how the new Arab man is self-consciously rethinking the patriarchal masculinity of his forefathers and unseating received wisdoms. This is especially true in childless Middle Eastern marriages where, contrary to popular belief,…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/25/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.13" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Prologue: Hamza, My Infertile Driver


Introduction: Reconceiving Middle Eastern Manhood



Emergent Masculinities



Hegemonic Masculinity



Infertile Subjectivities



Love Stories



Consanguineous Connectivity



Islamic Masculinities



Masturbation and Semen Collection



Islam and Assisted Reproduction



Sperm Donation and Adoption



Egg Donation and Emergence


Conclusion: Emergent Masculinities in the Middle East


Acknowledgments


Appendix: The Assisted Reproduction Fatwas


Glossary of Arabic Terms


Glossary of Medical Terms


Notes


References Cited


Index