|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
|
Buy Now
War's Other Voices - Women Writers on the Lebanese Civil War (Paperback, New edition)
Loot Price: R541
Discovery Miles 5 410
|
|
|
War's Other Voices - Women Writers on the Lebanese Civil War (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R541
Discovery Miles 5 410
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
This book challenges the assumption that men write of war, women of
the hearth. The Lebanese war has seen the publication of many more
works of fiction by women than by men. Miriam Cooke has termed
these women the Beirut Decentrists, as they are decentered or
excluded from both literary canon and social discourse. Although
they may not share religious or political affiliation, they do
share a perspective which holds them together. Cooke traces the
transformation in consciousness that has taken place among women
who observed and recorded the progress towards chaos in Lebanon.
During the so-called "two-year" war of 1975-76, little comment was
made about those (usually men in search of economic security) who
left the saturnalia of violence, but with time attitudes changed.
Women became aware that they had remained out of a sense of
responsibility for others and that they had survived. Consciousness
of survival was catalytic: the Beirut Decentrists began to describe
a society that had gone beyond the masculinization normal in most
wars and achieved an almost unprecedented femininization.
Emigration, the expected behavior for men before 1975, was
rejected. Staying, the expected behavior for women before 1975,
became the sine qua non for Lebanese citizenship. The writings of
the Beirut Decentrists offer hope of an escape from the anarchy. If
men and women could espouse the Lebanese women's sense of
responsibility, the energy that had fueled the unrelenting savagery
could be turned to reconstruction. But that was before the invasion
of 1982.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(4)
