ISBN:
9789004459618
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (197 pages)
Series Statement:
Women and Gender: the Middle East and the Islamic World Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.3095692
Keywords:
Rural women-Lebanon-Social conditions
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Rural women-Lebanon-Case studies
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Al-Firzul in Context -- 1 Before the Nineteenth Century -- 2 The Nineteenth Century to the End of World War I -- 3 Post World War I to World War II -- 4 World War II -- 5 The Post-World War II Period -- 6 The Village during the 1970s -- 7 The Civil War -- 8 After the Civil War: The 1990s -- 9 The 2000s -- Chapter 3 Women, Gender, and Families -- 1 Kinship and Residence -- 1.1 Residence -- 1.2 Group Formation -- 1.3 Terminology: Language and Reality -- 2 Views about Marriage -- 3 Finding a Spouse -- 4 Age at Marriage -- 5 Family Structure and Size -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Women, Education, and Work -- 1 Education -- 1.1 Education before the 1970s -- 1.2 Education during the 1970s -- 1.3 Education: The Civil War and Later -- 1.4 Understanding Changes in Education -- 2 Work -- 2.1 Early Twentieth Century -- 2.2 The 1930s and 1940s -- 2.3 The 1950s -- 2.4 Work during the 1970s -- 2.5 Work Post-civil War -- 2.6 Understanding Changes in Attitudes toward Women and Work -- 3 Summary and Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Gender and Community -- 1 Kinship -- 2 Organizations -- 2.1 Men's Benevolent and Religious Organizations -- 2.2 Women's Benevolent and Religious Organizations -- 2.3 Youth and Children's Organizations -- 2.4 Political Parties -- 3 Governance and Institutions -- 3.1 Village Governance -- 3.2 The Role of Gender in Secular Governance -- 3.3 Non-governmental Secular Village Institutions -- 3.4 Religious Institutions -- 4 The Internet -- 5 Summary and Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Gender Symbolism in Ritual -- 1 Origins of First Communion in al-Firzul -- 2 First Communion in 1973 -- 3 Post-civil War First Communion Observance -- 4 Weddings in 1972-1973 -- 5 Weddings Post-civil War -- 6 Funerals in the 1970s -- 7 Funerals Post-civil War.
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