This book on Syrian television drama manifests how gender roles are negotiated in the context of dominant Islamic and secular nationalist discourses, which at times overlap and challenge simple binaries of traditional versus secular approaches in new configurations of national identity. While some secular perspectives have upheld the patriarchal gender hierarchy, Islamic feminist perspectives woven through the larger stream of secular nationalist tales often offer subversive approaches in gender roles. | The Politics of Love by Rebecca Joubin, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters