This volume seeks to revisit the Franco-Maghrebian representations of masculinity in the line of the New Menâs Studies examining the aesthetical expressions as well as their interconnectedness with the sociocultural realities. In order to emphasize the artsâ role to rethink the codes of masculinity related to social, national and cultural identities, it assembles the work of experts from different research fields as Maghrebian Studies, Gender and Queer Studies, Popular culture, Cinema and Media Studies, sociology and anthropology. Their contributions unveil the processes of formation, negotiation and transformation of gendered and sexual norms in the societies at issue here providing an in-depth description of the variety of Maghrebian Masculinities.
Claudia Gronemann, Ph.D. and Habilitation, University of Leipzig, is Professor of Romance Literatures at the University of Mannheim. She has published two monographs, including Postmodern/Postcolonial autobiography in French and Maghrebian Literature (Olms, 2002), antho¬logies and articles on French, Francophone and Hispanic Literatures.
14 Father Figures in Beur Literature â a Comparison of Kiffe kiffe demain by Faïza Guène, Pieds-blancs by Houda Rouane and Les Chiens aussi by Azouz Begag
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All interested in North African culture, literature and cinema related to gender, especially to questions of masculinity, and anyone concerned with Menâs and Francophone Studies in general.