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The Politics of Gender and the Culture of Sexuality outlines theories of gender within the intellectual paradigm of the triple heritage: Islam, Africanity, and the West. In doing so, the author and editor present a multifaceted and dynamic theoretical discourse of gender.
List of contents
Dedication
Acknowledgment
Copyright Acknowledgment
Editor's Introduction
Author's Introduction
I. The Politics of the Human Body
II. The Politics of Sexuality
III. The Politics of Gender
IV. The Politics of Citizenship
V. The Politics of Population
Conclusion
Index
About the author
Ali A. Mazrui is the Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University, New York. He is also the Albert Luthuli Professor-at-Large Emeritus at the University of Jos in Nigeria, as well as the Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large Emeritus and the senior scholar in Africana studies at Cornell University.
Etin Anwar is the associate professor of religious studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York. She is the author of Gender and Self in Islam as well as the co-founder of the One-on-One Friendship, a network for youth that promotes friendship with conscience and leadership for social justice through education, cultural exchange, and creative collaboration.
Summary
The Politics of Gender and the Culture of Sexuality outlines theories of gender within the intellectual paradigm of the triple heritage: Islam, Africanity, and the West. In doing so, the author and editor present a multifaceted and dynamic theoretical discourse of gender.
