Women and gender in a Lebanese village: generations of change

"In Women and Gender in a Lebanese Village: Generations of Change, Nancy W. Jabbra addresses change in women's and gender roles in a village in Lebanon's Bekaa valley. Employing ethnographic methods and secondary sources, she explores that change from the post-World War II period to t...

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Main Author: Jabbra, Nancy Walstrom 1943- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2021]
In: Woman and gender (19)
Year: 2021
Series/Journal:Woman and gender 19
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lebanon / Rural area / Woman / Gender-specific role / Social change / History 1945-2010
Further subjects:B Sex role (Lebanon) Case studies
B Rural women (Lebanon) Case studies
B Rural women (Lebanon) Social conditions
B Social Change (Lebanon) Case studies
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:"In Women and Gender in a Lebanese Village: Generations of Change, Nancy W. Jabbra addresses change in women's and gender roles in a village in Lebanon's Bekaa valley. Employing ethnographic methods and secondary sources, she explores that change from the post-World War II period to the early twenty-first century. The topics of geography and power, family and kinship, education and work, community solidarity, ritual and symbolism, and consideration of the future comprise the substantive part of her monograph. This work is a much-needed comprehensive treatment of women in a contemporary Arab Christian rural community"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:900445960X