Femininity, Masculinity, and Sexuality in Morocco and Hollywood: The Negated Sex

by Osire Glacier

Book Overview

This book is the first to formulate an ideology of emancipation for women in Morocco. Beginning with constructs of the body, femininity and masculinity, it analyzes the central role played by the sociopolitical writing of sexuality in creating gender hierarchy. The author focuses on Morocco, while drawing parallels with Hollywood cinema, one of the great producers of femininity and masculinity, and conducts an exhaustive examination of constructs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319851152
• ISBN13: 9783319851150
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"