Fathers and Sons in the Arab Middle East [electronic resource] /
Cohen-Mor, D.author.
Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, religion, history, and literature, this book examines early and contemporary writings of male authors from across the Arab world to explore the traditional and evolving nature of father-son relationships in Arab families.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Fathers and Sons ?; The Legacy of Abraham; Conceptual Considerations and Underlying Assumptions; Defining Basic Terms; Sources, Methods, and Approaches; Organization; Chapter 2 The Voyage to Manhood: The Elusive Quest; Insights into the Making of Men; Growing Up Male in Arab Families; Traditional Patterns; Modern Trends; Family Dynamics: Mothers and Others; The Mother-Son Relationship; The Sibling Relationship; The Kin Group; Contradictions in Arab Masculinity
Chapter 3 Fathers and Sons in Personal HistoriesCross-Generational Echoes: Grandfathers, Fathers, Sons; Jurji Zaydan's Autobiography; Ahmad Amin's My Life; Nurturing Fathers: Bonds of Love; Mikhail Naimy's Seventy: A Life Story; Jabra Ibrahim Jabra's The First Well; Authoritarian Fathers: Conflicted Ties; Edward Said's Out of Place; Tawfiq al-Hakim's The Prison of Life; Abusive Fathers: The Scars of Neglect and Battering; Hanna Mina's Fragments of Memory; Mohamed Choukri's For Bread Alone; Absent Fathers: Efforts to Fill the Void; Halim Barakat's "Childhood Memories"
Yusuf Idris's "A Sketch of My Life as a Child"Conclusion; Chapter 4 Fathers and Sons in Works of Fiction; Paterfamilias: Naguib Mahfouz's Trilogy; The Authoritarian Father: Yusuf Idris's "The Journey"; The Martyr Father: Yahya Haqqi's The Saint's Lamp; The Alienated Father: Zakaria Tamer's "The Family"; The Failed Father: Fathy Ghanem's The Man Who Lost His Shadow; Living Vicariously: Mu'nis al-Razzaz's "Abu Richard"; Child Neglect: Alaa al-Aswany's The Yacoubian Building; Child Sacrifice: Yusuf al-Qa'id's War in the Land of Egypt; The Lost Father: Ibrahim al-Koni's Anubis; Conclusion
Chapter 5 Fathers and Sons in Poetry and PoliticsThe Father-Son Nexus; The Ethos of Masculinity; The Child Is Father of the Man; The Quest for Freedom; The Master-Disciple Dialectic; The Demigods: Arab Leaders, Rulers, and Despots; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Conclusion: Embattled Selves and the Dream of Liberation; The Trap of Masculinity; The Rap That Sparked a Revolution; The Changing Landscape of Men's Relation to Men; Notes; Bibliography; Permissions; Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index.
Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, religion, history, and literature, this book examines early and contemporary writings of male authors from across the Arab world to explore the traditional and evolving nature of father-son relationships in Arab families.
Social groups.
Family.
Sociology.
Literature.
Ethnology-Middle East .
Ethnicity.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Gender Studies.
Literature, general.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Sociology, general.
Ethnicity Studies.