The Politics of Gender and the Culture of Sexuality: Western, Islamic, and African Perspectives
Ali A. Mazrui, Etin Anwar
The Politics of Gender and the Culture of Sexualityoutlines theories of gender within the intellectual paradigm of the triple heritage: Islam, Africanity, and the West. This book describes the impact of individual contexts and politics on meanings attributed to the human body.The Politics of Gender and the Culture of Sexualityexplores how men and women relate to each other in monogamous and polygamous marriage, race rivalries, slavery, miscegenation, cultures of procreation, family planning, and the Islamic view of women’s dignityvis-à-visthe Western view of women’s liberty. In doing so, the author and editor present a multifaceted and dynamic theoretical discourse of gender.
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Année:
2014
Editeur::
University Press of America
Langue:
english
Pages:
380
ISBN 10:
0761864032
ISBN 13:
9780761864035
Fichier:
PDF, 1.72 MB
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english, 2014