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The Crisis of Islamic Masculinities (Paperback)
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The Crisis of Islamic Masculinities (Paperback)
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Discussions and debates surrounding Islamic masculinities are
quickly finding their place in the study of Islam and Muslims. Now
available in paperback, The Crisis of Islamic Masculinities makes a
vital contribution to this emerging field. Rigid notions of
masculinity are causing crisis in the global Islamic community.
These are articulated from the Qur'an, its commentary, historical
precedents and societal, religious and familial obligations. Some
Muslims who don't agree with narrow constructs of manliness feel
forced to consider themselves secular and therefore outside the
religious community. In order to evaluate whether there really is
only one valid, ideal Islamic masculinity, The Crisis of Islamic
Masculinities explores key figures of the Qur'an and
Indian-Pakistani Islamic history, and exposes the precariousness of
tight constraints on Islamic manhood. By examining Qur'anic
arguments and the strict social responsibilities advocated along
with narrow Islamic masculinities, Amanullah De Sondy shows that
God and women (to whom Muslim men relate but are different from)
often act as foils for the construction of masculinity. He argues
the constrainers of masculinity have used God and women to think
with and to dominate through and that rigid gender roles are the
product of a misguided enterprise: the highly personal relationship
between humans and God does not lend itself to the organization of
society, because that relationship cannot be typified and
replicated.
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