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

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 of femininity and masculinity in language, social practices, cultural productions and legal texts. The objectives of this project are tripartite: it exposes the dynamics that devalue women's humanity; it charts the schemas of their sexual, economic and sociopolitical exploitation; and it advances concrete solutions for re-establishing women's human dignity.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: A Negated Body.- Chapter 3: A Negated Intellect.- Chapter 4: A Negated Existence.- Chapter 5: Conclusion.

About the author

Osire Glacier is a lecturer in the History Department and in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Bishop's University, Canada. She is the author of Les Droits humains au Maroc entre discours et réalité; Des femmes politiques au Maroc d'hier à aujourd'hui; Universal Rights, Systemic Violations and Cultural Relativism in Morocco;and Political Women in Morocco, Then and Now;and the blog www.etudesmarocaines.com.

Summary

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 of femininity and masculinity in language, social practices, cultural productions and legal texts. The objectives of this project are tripartite: it exposes the dynamics that devalue women’s humanity; it charts the schemas of their sexual, economic and sociopolitical exploitation; and it advances concrete solutions for re-establishing women’s human dignity.

Product details

• Authors: Osire Glacier
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319851150
• ISBN: 978-3-31-985115-0
• No. of pages: 193
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 11 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 271 g
• Illustrations: IX, 193 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Miscellaneous; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Afrika, B, Kulturwissenschaften, Gender Studies, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Sociology, Feminism, Cultural Studies, Feminismus und feministische Theorie, Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Gender Studies: Gruppen, Africa, Anthropology, Identity Politics, Political Science and International Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminist Theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Research Methods in Language and Linguistics, Sociocultural Anthropology, Politics and Gender, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Feminist Anthropology