Gendering Civil War

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 Université 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.

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.

• 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