Gendering Civil War

Francophone Women’s Writing in Lebanon

AvMireille Rebeiz

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Provides a new and original analysis on how Lebanese francophone women authors wrote about the Lebanese civil warThe first book to study the intersection between narrative studies or narratology, trauma and gender in the context of non-western literatureExamines Lebanese francophone novels by first- and second-generation women writers from the 1970s to todayExplores novels that have never been studied before or received very little attentionOffers in-depth analysis of theories and literary analysisAdvances new theories on the body, narratology, and trauma 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 V nus Khoury-Ghata, Etel Adnan, Evelyne Accad, Andr e 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-11-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:390 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474499279

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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.

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

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