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Women and war in Lebanon / edited by Lamia Rustum Shehadeh.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Lebanon--Beirut--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women--Lebanon--Beirut--Psychology.
- Women in public life--Lebanon--Beirut.
- Women in public life.
- Women soldiers--Lebanon--Beirut.
- Women soldiers.
- Arabic literature--Lebanon--Women authors.
- Arabic literature.
- Psychology.
- Social conditions.
- Lebanon.
- Women authors.
- Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1990.
- History.
- Lebanon--Beirut.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 363 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 1999.
- Summary:
- Edited collection of essays examining the impact of the 1975-90 civil war in Lebanon on women--both as a potent oppressor and as a catalyst for liberation from social strictures. Several essays challenge the assumption that women are pacifists by nature.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [335-350]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813017076
- OCLC:
- 40753929
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