Research Catalog

Title

Superman is an arab : on God, marriage, macho men and other disastrous inventions / Joumana Haddad.

Author

Ḥaddād, Jumānah Sallūm

Publication

London : Westbourne Press, 2012.

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Description

173 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

This is not a manifesto against men in general. Nor is it a manifesto against Arab men in particular. It is, however, a howl in the face of a particular species of men: the macho species, Supermen, as they like to envision themselves. But Superman is a lie. In this explosive sequel to I Killed Scheherazade, Joumana Haddad examines the patriarchal system that continues to dominate in the Arab world and beyond. From monotheist religions and the concept of marriage to institutionalised machismo and widespread double standards, Haddad reflects upon the vital need for a new masculinity in these times of revolution and change in the Middle East.

Subject

• Women > Middle East > Social conditions
• Masculinity > Middle East
• Arabs > Social conditions
• Middle East > Social conditions
• Arab countries > Social conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Once upon a time... -- Why this book?: The poem Lost and found ; The rant In praise of egoism ; The narrative Note to the reader -- How it all started (in general): The poem Beginning again ; The rant Heads or tails ; The narrative Genesis, not the way they'd like to think it occurred -- How it all started (for me): The poem A love metaphor ; The rant In and out ; The narrative Close encounters with the second kind -- The disastrous invention of monotheism: The poem Saying grace ; The rant Why not ; The narrative Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife nor donkey -- The disastrous invention of the original sin: The poem All over again ; The rant Politically incorrect questions ; The narrative The bad, the evil and the ugly -- The disastrous invention of machismo: The poem Think again ; The rant The macho's rule book ; The narrative Balls come with a price
• The disastrous invention of the battle of the sexes: The poem I am a woman ; The rant He says she says ; The narrative 'Arab Spring', they claim -- The disastrous invention of chastity: The poem Recipe for the insatiable ; The rant Penis: directions for use ; The narrative Abandon all innocence ye who enter here -- The disastrous invention of marriage: The poem Still ; The rant Dynamics of a millenary gaffe ; The narrative I take thee to be my temporary love -- The disastrous invention of getting old: The poem The artichoke theory ; The rant So what? ; The narrative We can all be Peter Pan -- Their beautiful voices in my head -- Letter to my sons -- Happily ever after...

ISBN

• 9781908906090 (pbk.)
• 190890609X (pbk.)

OCLC

• 794815316
• SCSB-11093159

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library