{"product_id":"economies-of-the-male-body-productivity-pathology-and-pleasure-in-urban-egypt-hardcover","title":"Economies of the Male Body: Productivity, Pathology, and Pleasure in Urban Egypt - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Rommel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKarin Ahlberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSamuli Schielke\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intimate portrayal of masculinity in Egypt from lively, grounded, and fresh perspectives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eBased on long-term research in Cairo and Alexandria and grounded in ethnographic stories and intimate portrayals, \u003cem\u003e Economies of the Male Body\u003c\/em\u003e takes up masculinity in Egypt from an important new angle: male bodies in conditions of overwork, illness, as well as pleasure and recreation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors to this volume center bottom-up everyday perspectives, in which the men appear as real flesh-and-blood human beings, embodying both their society's gendered ideals as well as their own personal trajectories and idiosyncrasies. They set out to substantiate how underlying economic and social conditions undermine non-elite men's ability to eat a varied diet, get proper rest, participate in sports, be loving and present husbands, and, more generally, lead rich, full, and worthwhile lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eEconomies of the Male Body\u003c\/em\u003e shows how the health of Egyptian men, many of whom are overweight and overworked, and Egypt's grim health statistics of high premature male mortality among men of lower socioeconomic classes should be read not as a result of substandard awareness among the population, but as a record of visceral inequalities generated by late capitalism and a global economic system that disproportionately burdens underprivileged bodies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarl Rommel\u003c\/strong\u003e, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarin Ahlberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, Stockholm University, Stockholm Sweden and Universität Bremen, Bremen Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMariz Kelada\u003c\/strong\u003e, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMustafa Abdalla\u003c\/strong\u003e, The Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYoussef Ramez Boktor\u003c\/strong\u003e, The City University of New York, New York, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNoha Fikry\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarl Rommel\u003c\/strong\u003e (Edited by) is a researcher at the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at Uppsala University. His publications include \u003cem\u003eEgypt's Football Revolution: Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics \u003c\/em\u003e(2021). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarin Ahlberg\u003c\/strong\u003e (Edited by) is a researcher and (co-)PI of the projects \u003cem\u003eBIOrdinary\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Environmental Afterlife of the Suez Canal\u003c\/em\u003e at the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University. She is also a CRDF Advanced Postdoc at IFEK, Universität Bremen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamuli Schielke\u003c\/strong\u003e (Afterword by) is a research fellow at the Center for Modern Oriental Studies in Berlin, Germany. He is the author of numerous publications including \u003cem\u003eEgypt in the Future Tense: Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence before and after 2011\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) and \u003cem\u003eMigrant Dreams: Egyptian Workers in the Gulf States \u003c\/em\u003e(AUC Press, 2020).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48901054824697,"sku":"9781649035103","price":136.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4zCAk_3kLK9781649035103.webp?v=1787749334","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/economies-of-the-male-body-productivity-pathology-and-pleasure-in-urban-egypt-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}