Masculine identity in the fiction of the Arab East since 1967
By: Samira Aghacy ; with a foreword by Evelyne Accad.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East; Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East
Publisher: Syracuse University Press; USYRC
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780815632375
Subjects: Arabic fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Masculinity in literature; War in literature; Patriarchy in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Oedipus king : tortured masculinity; title: The politics of masculinity : goal-(dis)oriented masculinity; title: Dictator as patriarch : the state and the (dys)functional male; title: Oedipus deposed : the man's sex(uality).