
Gendering Civil War
Francophone Women's Writing in Lebanon
Mireille Rebeiz(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 15. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-4744-9927-9 (ISBN)
Description
Writers in contemporary Lebanon stand at the crossroads of challenging and often violent dynamics in a multi-ethnic postcolonial society where competing cultural and political forces present specific and pressing problems for women. This book examines French-language narratives published between the 1970s and the present day by Lebanese women writers focusing on the civil war of 1975-1991. Drawing on a corpus of writings by Venus Khoury-Ghata, Etel Adnan, Evelyne Accad, Andree Chedid, Hyam Yared, and Georgia Makhlouf, some of which has previously received little or no scholarly attention, the book examines in innovative ways the use of distinctive narrative forms to address inter-linked questions of violence, war trauma, and gender relations.
Reviews / Votes
This is an unusual approach to the literature; innovative and creatively conducted. The author's reputation is growing and the originality of this book will be sure to surprise and interest scholars and other people in the field. -- Evelyne Accad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Lebanese American University in Beirut' In this unique book, Dr. Mireille Rebeiz presents an excellent academic analysis of Lebanese women's writing in French. Her research, in which she emphasizes the writers' commitment to Lebanon and to the French language, is a true and clear roadmap of their work. -- Henri Zoghaib * Lebanese Poet and Literary Critic *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-9927-9 (9781474499279)
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Person
Mireille Rebeiz is the Chair of Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Middle East Studies, Francophone Studies & Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Dickinson College (USA). She is also Adjunct Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. She received her first Doctorate (PhD) in Francophone Studies from Florida State University and her second doctorate (SJD) in International Law from Penn State Dickinson Law. She also holds a Master's Degree in International Law and Human Rights from Universite de Rouen in France, and a Bachelor's Degree in Law from Saint-Joseph University in Lebanon. Her teaching and research are interdisciplinary and focus on the intersectionality of law, gender, sexuality, oral history, and trauma in the context of armed conflicts with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa. Her research interests include international law, terrorism, State and non-State actors, and memory laws. She has written and successfully published monographs, several peer-reviewed essays, and editorials in national and international presses. Her first book Gendering Civil War. Francophone Women's Writing in Lebanon (EUP, 2022) earned her the AAUW American Fellowship and was nominated for the John Leonard Prize.
Content
Introduction
Part I: The Narrative Voice
1. The Feminine I
2. The Humanist Voice of the Omniscient Narrator
Part II - The Narrative Body
3. The Evil, Sick and Disabled Female Body
4. The Magical Body and the Grotesque Body
Conclusion
Part I: The Narrative Voice
1. The Feminine I
2. The Humanist Voice of the Omniscient Narrator
Part II - The Narrative Body
3. The Evil, Sick and Disabled Female Body
4. The Magical Body and the Grotesque Body
Conclusion