Middle Eastern Muslim men have been widely vilified as
terrorists, religious zealots, and brutal oppressors of women. "The
New Arab Man" challenges 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, infertility is more common among men than women. Inhorn
captures the marital, moral, and material commitments of couples
undergoing assisted reproduction, revealing how new technologies
are transforming their lives and religious sensibilities. And she
looks at the changing manhood of husbands who undertake
transnational "egg quests"--set against the backdrop of war and
economic uncertainty--out of devotion to the infertile wives they
love.
Trenchant and emotionally gripping, "The New Arab Man" traces
the emergence of new masculinities in the Middle East in the era of
biotechnology.
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