Ideas of manhood

A brief about the book What is the meaning of being a man? And what is the reason for dedicating a collective author to studying different patterns of masculinity: traditional dominant masculinity, excessive dominance masculinity, broken masculinity, and normative masculinity...? The matter is no longer about obsession with Western terms that, for some, turn into just a "trend," but rather a concern with a research field: masculinity studies and men studies. It has witnessed significant development, especially in the last two decades, with the emergence of studies, research, and collective publications (the 12th book for Lebanese researchers 2006-2008, Abdel Samad Al-Diyalami, Mai Ghusoub, Amal Qaramy, etc.) concerned with the forms of constructing masculinities in the "Arab world" and analyzing the tests men go through from early childhood to old age, and deconstructing the social representations, symbols, and perceptions produced by society... This book is an attempt to understand patterns of masculinity that the community insists on hiding or excluding because they do not reflect the model or the specific standards of "full" masculinity nor do they express the prevailing normative values.