Cover illustration: Al-Firzul’s mountain, the Habis. Photograph by Nancy W. Jabbra.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jabbra, Nancy Walstrom, author.
Title: Women and gender in a Lebanese village : generations of change / by Nancy W. Jabbra.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Women and gender, 1570–7628 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021001684 (print) | LCCN 2021001685 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004459601 (hardback ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9789004459618 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Rural women—Lebanon—Social conditions. | Rural women—Lebanon—Case studies. | Sex role—Lebanon—Case studies. | Social change—Lebanon—Case studies.
Classification: LCC HQ1728 .J33 2021 (print) | LCC HQ1728 (ebook) | DDC 305.3095692—dc23
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ISSN 1570-7628
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