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Romanticizing masculinity in Baathist Syria : gender, identity, and ideology / Rahaf Aldoughli.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aldoughli, Rahaf, author.
- Series:
- Identities and geopolitics in the Middle East
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Identity politics--Syria.
- Identity politics.
- Masculinity--Political aspects--Syria.
- Masculinity.
- Nationalism--Syria.
- Nationalism.
- Syria--Politics and government.
- Syria.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "This book provides a novel analysis of the conceptual sources and ideological contours of the Assad regime. The book documents the Baathists’ fascination with Romanticized and 'muscular' ideas of the nation that emerged in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European social philosophy, and traces the implementation and impacts of these ideologies in the Syrian context. Emphasising the emergence of new forms of public gendered identity in Syria as a unifying feature of nationalism bound closely with the stability of the regime, the book shows how Romantic, muscular nationalism first rose to hegemony and then was shattered by its inherent violence, contradictions and inequalities. The final chapter closes by considering how a new vision of pluralism and civic belonging is today challenging the Romanticized Baathist ideal in contention for Syria’s future."-- From JSTOR.
- Contents:
- Romantic borrowings in early Syrian nationalism: the writings of Sati al-Husri, Michel Aflaq, and Zaki al-Arsuzi
- The centrality of gender constructs in early Syrian nationalist narratives
- Implementing masculinism under Baathist hegemony
- Constructing the muscular nation in song and performance
- War and muscular revival after 2011.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 16, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version : Aldoughli, Rahaf. Romanticizing masculinity in Baathist Syria .
- ISBN:
- 9781526147639
- 9781526147615
- 1526147610
- 1526147637
- OCLC:
- 1517993527
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000127217
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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