Manhood Is Not Easy: Egyptian Masculinities Through the Life of Musician Sayyid Henkish

by Karin van Nieuwkerk

A unique biography of an Egyptian musician that sheds crucial light on notions of masculinity in Egypt

In this in-depth ethnography, Karin van Nieuwkerk takes the autobiographical narrative of Sayyid Henkish, a musician from a long family tradition of wedding performers in Cairo, as a lens through which to explore changing notions of masculinity in an Egyptian community over the course of a single lifetime.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774168895
• ISBN13: 9789774168895
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"