Muslim Masculinities

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Full Title: Muslim Masculinities: Gender, Religion, and Politics. While there has been extensive focus on Islam and gender, it has been predominantly in relation to women and femininities. This course intervenes in the dominant discourse by shifting the conversation to Muslim masculinities. We theorize Muslim masculinity not only as an embodied performance and discursive representation, but also as a practice of power, de-linked from the male body. Masculinity then can be gleaned in performances of female-coded bodies, nation-states, religious groups, and development organizations. The course will approach the topic from an interdisciplinary perspective and consider a broad range of materials from ethnographic studies and literature to state policies and programs.