Post-9/11 Representations of Arab Men by Arab American Women Writers

Marta Bosch-Vilarrubias received her PhD in English from the University of Barcelona, where she is currently an adjunct professor. She has extensively published on Arab American studies and the representation of masculinities in Arab American literature written by women. Her publications include Transitory Masculinities in Post-9/11 Arab American Literature Written by Women» in Alternative Masculinities for a Changing World (2014), Contemporary Terrorist Bodies: The (De-)Construction of Arab Masculinities in the United States» in Embodying Masculinities: Towards a History of the Male Body in U.S. Culture and Literature (Lang, 2013), Post–9/11 Representations of Arab Masculinities by Arab American Women Writers: Criticism or Praise?» in Men in Color: Racialized Masculinities in U.S. Literature and Cinema (2011), and The Representation of Fatherhood by the Arab Diaspora in the United States» in Lectora: Journal of Women and Textuality (2008).

• Contents: (De)Constructing Arab Masculinities in the United States: The Racialization and Sexualization of Arab Masculinity in America – The Social and Identitary Construction of Arab and Arab American Masculinities – Arab American Feminisms and Arab American Women Writers – Post-9/11 Representations of Arab American Men by Arab American Women Writers.